Philip Soriano
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Philip Soriano
Last, if Alex feels a little extra crying will get Mom and Dad to compete to give him a few extra goodies—dessert and extra attention—he often exploits their tension like water seeping into a fissure on a roof. The gap between Mom and Dad widens further, and Alex unconsciously learns “victim power.”
John Gray PhD • The Boy Crisis
But in a world of apathy, devotion is your competitive advantage. Forget the audience and find what breathes life into you. Once you do, your creations undergo a metamorphosis—and remind people of their humanity. Excavating this energy is a blessing to both you and them.
When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic gravity well, a magnet for what would otherwise be a mess of iron filings. I’ll read books differently and listen differently in conversations. In particular, I’ll remember everything better; everything w... See more
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
Creativity vs Productivity and What does my Anxiety feel like?
It feels like my anxiety tries to control the this gravitational pull.
“The Industrial Revolution was an energy revolution. It replaced physical labor (horses) that’s why we talk about horse power. The AI revolution will replace brains and mind power. The impact it has on society will be hard to imagine.”
— Fareed Zakaria (on Prof G podcast 4/4/2024)
If death is not immediate, but on the horizon, you start to have incredible dreams. You also, on some level, know you are about to die. You go through a grieving process. You evaluate where you spent your life. What you could have done differently, what you will do differently if you survive and when you do survive, the first thing you are thankful... See more
reflections on near death experiences
Anything that I’ve ever been successful at has taken at least 10 years of hard work and anonymous toil to get to that place. I’m an ultra-endurance athlete as an athlete, but also in the way that I’ve approached doing anything in life. There are no shortcuts to mastery. Although there are tips and tricks that people do to accelerate growth, I’m not... See more
Who am i? and
Today’s knowledge workers carry a growing sense of anxiety. We have more tools than ever, but these options rarely match how we actually create. Rather than build more technology that keeps us on a miserable hamster wheel of churning out more shallow content, we have a unique opportunity to design tools that encourage us to slow down and create wit... See more