rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
ungated.life
“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”
―Oscar Ameringer
―Oscar Ameringer
Gurwinder • Gurwinder (@gurwinder)
If you want to pull out the full richness of your being, the place to go is where it’s exciting but hard.
Henrik Karlssonx.comThe least sexy advice on behaviour change nobody wants to hear?
Lower your expectations.
We have a tendency to set goals in states of either excitement or desperation.
Which leads us to massively overestimate what we can commit to.
Especially in the beginning, prioritise ease over effectiveness.
Lower your expectations.
We have a tendency to set goals in states of either excitement or desperation.
Which leads us to massively overestimate what we can commit to.
Especially in the beginning, prioritise ease over effectiveness.
Shane Copeland on Substack
self renewal and recovery
The bullshit industrial complex is a pyramid of groups that goes something like this:
Group 1 : People actually shipping ideas, launching businesses, doing creative work, taking risks and sharing first-hand learnings.
Group 2 : People writing about group 1 in clear, concise, accessible language.
[And here rests the line of bullshit demarcation...]
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Group 1 : People actually shipping ideas, launching businesses, doing creative work, taking risks and sharing first-hand learnings.
Group 2 : People writing about group 1 in clear, concise, accessible language.
[And here rests the line of bullshit demarcation...]
Grou... See more
Blog :: The Creative World’s Bullshit IndustrialComplex
Everyone is shy. Other people are waiting for you to introduce yourself to them; they are waiting for you to send them an email; they are waiting for you to ask them on a date. Go ahead.
Kevin Kelly • Tweet
I think it can be tempting as a novice to assume that everything a master produces must be refined in the high-res, high-production-value sense. I think that would be quite definitively wrong. A master has to be capable of producing quality low-res work, experimentally.
Visakan Veerasamy • on scaffolding
Pretty much every marketing tactic is built around treating people as a means to some end (making money). In fact, Kant struggled much of his life with the ethical implications of capitalism and wealth inequality. He believed that it was impossible for anyone to amass a fortune without some degree of manipulation or coercion along the way.
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The Forest and
In Maslow’s prescription for self-actualization, he invites counselors to encourage what others might discourage: perfectionistic zeal.