Natalie Audelo

The meaningful middle is where everything that matters actually happens.

Imagination is our gift as a species to move purposefully towards what does not yet exist and walk willingly through the unknown to get there. It has a power to change what seems possible and so to shift what becomes possible. Moral imagination looks inward as much as it acts outward. It works with a long sense of time and opens its eyes to assumpt... See more

But trusting the metaphor extends beyond writing to trusting the signs we are given about how to live our lives. If I can’t stop laughing every time I get to gallop an Icelandic horse across a meadow, this means I should ride Icelandic horses absolutely as much as possible. If I feel small and shamed every time I get together with a particular frie... See more

If there were ever a time to get clear about who we are, it’s this one. We each have a unique part to play in this transformative moment. We must shed our skin and become more ourselves as we molt the ways of being that are no longer serving us. And that begins with clear vision. It falls to each of us to learn how to make medicine from poison. Thi... See more

The reality is that you will build many worlds throughout your lifetime. Look how many you have built already, only to walk away from them, or have them dismantled, or watch them collapse without your permission. You will play many roles, you will be many people, you will try on a lot of costumes, you will exert an enormous amount of energy to put

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“A.I. won’t replace you, but a shareholder who doesn’t care about quality will” is what the slogan should say.

– @jasongorman@mastodon.cloud

The lesson I learned from this is that it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. If you give in to “just this once,” based on a marginal cost analysis, as some of my former classmates have done, you’ll regret where you end up. You’ve got to define for yourself what you stand for and draw th

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