Mickey Patel
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Mickey Patel
The artist who’s into discipline
Hell_Yeah_or_No • Sivers
Are real artists not disciplined?
After one is given a prescription . . . or after he begins to follow a prescription . . . his allegiance, his focus, his attention, his intent is centered upon the prescription. Not upon the thing he is trying to attain.
Kapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
This is whats happening to me right now, Im more focused on the how to right good essays but the outcome is to understand my challenges. That is the focus
- I paid attention to things I liked to do, and found ways to do more of that. I made it easy for interesting people
Henrik Karlsson • Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process
Let the deadline of death drive you. Create until your last breath. Let your last spark of life go into your work. Die empty, so death takes only a corpse.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
make art not content and playing in decades
Powerful. Die empty. Not full of what ifs.
Your final act of generosity is your absence. It leaves a void for others to step into.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
This is what it means to be ok with death
When you’re young, you have time. You have health, but you have no money. When you’re middle-aged, you have money and you have health, but you have no time. When you’re old, you have money and you have time, but you have no health. So the trifecta is trying to get all three at once. By the time people realize they have enough money, they’ve lost th
... See moreTim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Singing the counter-melody My advice and opinions may sound strange on their own. Do you know what musical counterpoint is? Underneath the main melody, you have a countermelody that goes against it, and together they make harmony. This is different from harmonizing, where someone sings along with the melody at an interval. The counter-melody is a s
... See moreHell_Yeah_or_No • Sivers
the art of writing and the many shades of creativity
Great way to filter out the noise and be more aligned with the things you resonate with