Michael Brooks
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Michael Brooks
reflecting on how all my life it seemed like there was such a tremendous emphasis on the value of being cerebrally clever, and yet how all of the really wicked problems I’ve had + I’ve known people around me to have had, have come from incompetence with emotions, below the neck
Visakan Veerasamyx.com
Perhaps the art of harvesting the secret riches of our lives is best achieved when we place profound trust in the act of beginning. Risk might be our greatest ally. To live a truly creative life, we always need to cast a critical look at where we presently are, attempting always to discern where we have become stagnant and where new beginning might
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Why do you want to shut out of your life any uneasiness, any misery, any depression, since after all you don't know what work these conditions are doing inside you? Why do you want to persecute yourself with the question of where all this is coming from and where it is going? Since you know, after all, that you are in the midst of transitions and
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This state the importance of unread books in a library. They're the reflection of the things we don't know. Just like Empty notes are better than no notes at all, it's a very socratic approach, considering his famous quote:
Knowing this, we should not expect the proportion of unread books in our library to decrease.... See more
What I know is that I know nothing
Knowing this, we should not expect the proportion of unread books in our library to decrease.... See more
Antilibrary - My second-brain
If you’re going to do high-level creative work, you have to accept the messiness of your initial creations, knowing that excellence is born from the sisters of patience and iteration.
The second you start condemning young and fragile ideas, you’re toast.
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David Perellx.comRun an article through the four-part musicality test. It’s no guarantee of clarity, but clear and intriguing writing tends to do well on all measures.
- Writing rhythm —do the sentences vary? Color code them: 1-3 words yellow, 4-8 red, 9-13 green, 13+ blue.
- Article form —does the structure vary in a subtle, pleasant way?
- Argument harmony —is it
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