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1. Knowledge: The foundation for growth.

2. Skills: Putting knowledge into action.

3. Network: Building relationships opens doors.

4. Resources: Leveraging what you have effectively.

5. Reputation: Your long-term currency in the professional world.
from Steven Bartlett on LinkedIn: Advice that I wish I had received when I was starting out in my… | 53 comments
When starting out in your career, focus on getting a job that will boost 1 and 2.
The Invitation

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squar... See more
from The Invitation, a poem by Oriah Mountain Dreamer by Esther Ekhart
Poetry
beautiful poem
The capacious term 'spirituality' lacks clarity because it is not so much a unitary concept as a signpost for a range of touchstones; our search for meaning, our sense of the sacred, the value of compassion, the experience of transcendence, the hunger for transformation.
from The Spiritual and the Political: Beyond Russell Brand by The RSA
Joan Didion may be right that “we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not,”
from Becoming the Marginalian: After 15 Years, Brain Pickings Reborn by Maria Popova
self-discovery
there’s something soothing about being proud of the achievements of an older version of yourself, even if that version is no longer aligned with who you are today.
when the soul lies down in that grass,

the world is too full to talk about.

ideas, language, even the phrase each other

doesn’t make any sense.
from The Last Sky
Poetry and silence
-rumi
Koi no Yokan
from Image
On trusting your own process
from On trusting your own process
Kurt Vonnegut on picking a lane:

Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, and not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.

I am not urging you to write a novel, by the way—although I would not be sorry if you wrote one, p... See more
from Tweet by Buttondown
Figuring and purpose
Explore the edge. Roam the edge of practices, where they permeate several trends and communities, creating gateways between worlds of ideas; push the boundaries of knowledge by connecting seemingly unrelated ideas; direct your curiosity towards questions that haven’t even been formulated yet.

from Liminal Creativity by Ness Labs

Dealing with Uncertainty

from Steven Bartlett on LinkedIn: Advice that I wish I had received when I was starting out in my… | 53 comments

from The Invitation, a poem by Oriah Mountain Dreamer by Esther Ekhart

from The Spiritual and the Political: Beyond Russell Brand by The RSA

from Becoming the Marginalian: After 15 Years, Brain Pickings Reborn by Maria Popova

from The Last Sky

from Image

from On trusting your own process

from Tweet by Buttondown

from Liminal Creativity by Ness Labs