Pritesh

Pseudonyms are a social technology with a deep history.

People think good decision-making is about being right all the time. It’s not. It’s about lowering the cost of being wrong and changing your mind.

When the cost of mistakes is high, we’re paralyzed with fear. When the cost of mistakes is low, we can move fast and adapt.

Make mistakes cheap, not rare.

I like to say that a single panel cartoon is like a mini stage. The artist is a set designer, choreographer, script writer, costume designer, casting director. Each element in the drawing needs to be necessary for the idea, no more, no less; there are exceptions of course.

Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. There is no mystery about why this should be so. Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of your food, your closet full of your clothes—with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience.... See more

Psychologists often point to “openness to experience” as a key trait when it comes to developing and sustaining our passions. This openness goes beyond simple curiosity; it’s about giving ourselves permission to explore unfamiliar things, even if they’re outside our comfort zone. It means resisting the urge to shut down prematurely and instead... See more

Animator and cartoonist Walt Kelly reminds us that a lot of hard work is wasted:

“Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.”

Source: ​ Pogo ​​​

Complacency is cancer