Pablo Rodríguez

Running a newsletter like DD is, at its core, an expression of taste. It’s me saying, ‘Here’s what I think deserves your attention this week.’ A process that Stepfanie Tyler describes beautifully in her piece on taste as the new intelligence:

“Curation is care. It says: I thought about this. I chose it. I didn’t just repost it. I didn’t just... See more

‘Discipline is faith in action.’ When in need of a fair dose of grit, in whatever life’s domain, but particularly in the creativity terrain, I return to these words for both consolation and oxygenation.

Results tend to accumulate to the person who enjoys the lifestyle that precedes the result.

The entire self-help industry in one sentence: Do what makes mornings exciting and nights peaceful.

Will this make me excited to wake up? Will this let me sleep in peace?

Everything that fails both tests is noise.