Lauren Crichton
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“Discipline is not a lack of freedom, it is a harmonious relationship with time.”
— Rick Rubin, The Creative Act
End-of-year work retro questions:
Do I Know What’s Most Important To My Boss In The Upcoming Year? Does My Team?
What’s The Most Impactful Piece Of Feedback I Got This Year? Did I Give Clear Feedback As A Manager?
“There was something heavy in me. … I wasn’t doing the right thing. I was just trying to copy exactly everything I had learned. And I think that happens in every craft in life. You’re young. You have a master. You want to emulate them, do what they do. But at some point in life, you have to turn around and say I have to find my own way in my own la
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“Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one more hour of thinking will be tremendously more productive over a lifetime.”
Richard Hamming - You and Your Research
“Admire the world for never ending on you” — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
(John Quincy Adams, via Dense Discovery)
“I used to tell this story, about my theory of fucks. The theory goes like so: you are born with so many fucks to give. However many you’ve got is all there is; they are like eggs, that way. Some of us are born with quite a lot, some with less, but none of us knows how many we have. […]
I still tell this story but I’ve changed it somewhat. Like most
“Excellence is an aesthetic: consistently showing up forces everyone else on the team to do the same.”
— Sam Gerstenzang, Four sayings that changed how we operate
“These transmissions are subtle: they are ever-present, but they are easy to miss. If we aren’t looking for clues, they’ll pass us by without us ever knowing. Notice connections and consider where they lead.” — Rick Rubin The Creative Act