Natalie Audelo
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Natalie Audelo
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As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time. I shall get up Sunday morning and wind the clock, as a contribution to order and steadfastness.
Sailors have an expression about the weather:
E.B. White • E.B. White’s Beautiful Letter to a Man Who Had Lost Faith in Humanity
I’ve come to realize: being a generalist isn’t something we choose. It’s something inherently in our nature — it’s how we see the world. We can think of this approach as a ‘cognitive preference’.
Generalist Power
A Korean Secret to Keeping Friendships Strong: Savings Groups
nytimes.com
“beauty is supposed to serve power’s interests.”
Dating After Divorce Wasn't What They Said It'd Be — Gloria
“When I talk about generous exclusion, I am speaking of ways of bounding a gathering that allows diversity in it to be heightened and sharpened, rather than diluted in a hodgepodge of people.” — Priya Parker
My Favorite Learnings from Priya Parker’s “The Art of Gathering”
Essentially it’s about finding yourself exciting, stimulating and worth exploring.
And then of course, the drastic changes will come in your life. Even if that just means adding a recurring dance class to your routine.
And then of course, the drastic changes will come in your life. Even if that just means adding a recurring dance class to your routine.
Quitting my full-time job cracked me open
Black Hole Words: To me, these are words that are commonplace in a given industry but everyone has a slightly different definition of them. You can have a whole meeting and if you don’t define the word, you just wasted an hour of everyone’s time. They suck all the meaning and consensus out of a room, out of a business, and out of a company.
Molly Graham • “Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions
A hopeful future demands of us nothing less than our complete presence in the world – not as followers or consumers, but as participants. We have to learn again how to connect in ways that anchor us, ways that build the world we want to inhabit. This is where hope and possibility live.