Ramya Baratam
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Ramya Baratam
I fell in love with this quote:
“Discipline is remembering who you said you wanted to be.”
Gracie Vansubstack.comBuilding trust with yourself
If I make what the market values the measure of what I value, then non-instrumental relations, obligations, and commitments lose priority and significance for what I am and what I do.
It’s important to know what you value so that as CEO of your Me, Inc you don’t just think about what sells you. It’s about what YOU value and desire and if you’re able to follow that intuation.
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
erin glasstwitter.comAdvertisements rail against the conventional demands of society and sell products as instruments of liberation
In the movement towards self concept > than social constructs, brands are selling products as an idea of libration and freedom from the larger social constructs.
Maybe that’s why all these notions to improvement oneself is selling because we want to take control of our own destiny. That’s what is selling. The idea of a better version of you.
You don't have ideas because you don't read.
You can't articulate ideas because you don't write.
You can't leverage ideas because you don't build.
You feel bored, anxious, or overwhelmed because your mind wants ideas to flow but you won't let them.
DAN KOEsubstack.comcreativity is action.
why time felt slower when we were kids (and how to get it back)
open.substack.com
How do I increase novelty and observation to slow down my life?
Personal branding follows the logic of product branding step for step. A successful brand, as the advertisers say, “knows itself.” Marketers must know the characteristics of their product or service and what it promises to deliver and use this knowledge to focus and position the product. To self-brand, therefore, individuals must get in touch with... See more
Personal brands starts exactly like branding where you have to learn about thyself and see what you beating fit into a package to sell.
valorized
To give value
nihilism
rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless