Mickey Patel
@mickeypatel
Mickey Patel
More and more it seems to me that about the best thing in life is to have a piece of work worth doing and then to do it well.
Leadership Quotes by Doris Kearns Goodwin
"When you consider this clash between autonomy and connection, you realize the impossibility of achieving both. Almost all humans have the desire to run their own lives, but...desire for autonomy inevitably manifests in a desire to control others as well." https://t.co/iAjVLHudMM https://t.co/94MU4jTjfF
I do not know of any artist (successful or unsuccessful, amateur or pro) who does not long for that kind of time. I do not know of any creative soul who does not dream of calm, cool, grass-growing days in which to work without interruption. Somehow, though, nobody ever seems to achieve it. Or if they do achieve it (through a grant, for instance, or
... See moreElizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
If you update the language and some references, books written thousands of years ago sound like they could have been written today. The human condition remains the same. Your book has all the wisdom you need. Read metaphorically, and apply it to your modern life.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Timeless topics will never get old. Reading metophorically is a good one. I know i can do more of this
Doesn’t that feel more powerful? Try it. Maybe instead of “fault” you prefer the word “responsibility,” but the idea is the same. Think of every bad thing that happened to you, and imagine that you happened to it. 72 sive.rs/my-fault
Hell_Yeah_or_No • Sivers
read this when the mind is loud
Your fault over forgiveness 2
a transformative conceptual shift — it’s not about “making time” for art, but letting art be interwoven into your day
kening zhu • Slow Dispatches From China
Because never in your life have you met a person who did not have a ‘message’ for you, or attempt to ‘lead’ you somewhere, or get you to ‘do something.’ Whether it was ‘for your own good’ or not. Regardless of whether it was benevolent, evil, well-intentioned, or holy.
Kapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
Everything has been designed to lead us somewhere
Living safely generally means living in imitation and therefore in fear. Surely, the function of education is to help each one of us to live freely and without fear, is it not? And to create an atmosphere in which there is no fear requires a great deal of thinking on your part as well as on the part of the teacher, the educator.