Mike Wiendels
@mikewiend
Mike Wiendels
I’ve finally realized why I’ve never been a fan of focusing just on productivity without focusing on other things as well.
Productivity is a natural outcome that happens when you have a deep purpose. When you have a deep purpose, you naturally come up with clear priorities to work on.
When you have a deep purpose and clear priorities, you become pr
... See more"Your calendar is the most honest autobiography you'll ever write.
It doesn't matter what you say your priorities are; your calendar reveals the truth. Each block is a decision about what matters, stripped of pretense and rationalization.
Your calendar isn't just recording your time—it's exposing your lies."
via @farnamstreet
Toolkit to activate excitement:
Act on your highest excitement
Whatever options are available to you at any given moment, choose the option that contains more excitement than the other (even if the excitement is just a little bit more)
To the best of your ability
Act on it to the best of your ability, taking it as far as you can until you can take it
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Taste is a practice you can develop and strengthen. It's a reflection of who you are.
I Compiled A List Of Rick Rubin Quotes For Music Makers
the deeper you go into any one thing, the more you find everything else quietly waiting there. steve reich discovered this in music: "whatever you pursue, if you really begin to pursue it thoroughly and you really get into many, many aspects of it, it flowers and blooms and begins to get into areas you never would have imagined were possible." what... See more
There’s one way of defeating the inner censor that’s reliable,” he explains. “Just outrun it. If you’re writing 500 words in an hour, there’s just no time for paralysing cogitation.” It doesn’t only apply to writing, though. Virtually any idea, for any kind of useful or worthwhile action to take, proves easier to accomplish, and goes better, when I... See more
