Ramon Haindl
- Floundering is flopping around and making little progress. A Dutch word for getting mired and lost.
Foundering is what we call it when the ship goes down. It’s an ancient French word based on bottom.
Too often, in our desperate attempt to not founder, we flounder.
Better, I think, to go down with energy and direction than to simply meander. It turns o... See morefrom Seth's Blog
- I’m glad that I’m not the only one who misses old school human curation. For me, it’s more about wanting a connection moreso than valuing the actual thing being shared. I think this trend is accelerating. With generative AI and the ever-present algorithm that has sucked itself into every facet of our life, a part of the response to it will result i... See more
from The Human Medium is the Human Message by Simon de la Rouviere
- 5. Giving Ideas Away to Make Room for New Ones
One idea that resonated with attendees was something I learned from Marvin Minsky— that the purpose of having an idea is to give it away. Many of us hold onto ideas tightly, but there’s freedom in sharing and knowing that, as hybrids, we can always find another spark. Each idea we put out there has the... See morefrom Embracing the Hybrid Path: Reflections on Creativity, Career, and Resilience by John Maeda
Just ‘going with the flow’ drains the purpose from your work and life, makes personal and professional relationships seem tenuous and uncertain, and almost guarantees that you’ll fail to live with intention. All this means you may not accomplish things you’d really like to accomplish.
from Emotional Agility by Susan David
- Enjoying a newfound creative energy by approaching my output in a "New Media" spirit:
- Breaking platform and category boundaries
- Inviting the public to interact
- Designing limited edition experiences
More interesting, more fulfilling, and more funfrom Latest Tweets / Twitter
- Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No... See morefrom Tweet by jason
- Feeling part of a community helps us to feel seen and gives us confidence and identity, and reaching other steps on the hierarchy of needs becomes much easier with a social support system. A strong social network may help in times of crisis, support with job search or with moving houses. It may also be instrumental in inspiring us to reach our full... See more
from Being happy or unhappy in life comes down to this one thing
- I’ve always believed as an ideology, as a religion, as an absolute truth, that we should, every single one of us, tell our own stories.
from What Good Are Our Memories If We Never Share Them? by Oldster Magazine
When we’re focused on first-order outcomes, we look for the instant success, the instant best seller, the instant fill-in-the-blank. We search for shortcuts, life hacks, and advice from self-proclaimed gurus. We “applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint,” Chris Hadfield writes, “rather than the years of dogged preparation
... See morefrom Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life by Ozan Varol