rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
ungated.life
my working definition of perfectionism is that it's the pathological need to be perceived as both special and exceptional, because you learned that love and acceptance are conditional on being perceived that way
This is one of my favorite poems, from Kahlil Gibran
We read it at the beginning of our week-long intensives. https://t.co/KnKqSGF9DG
a thesis around plays + theatre in a digital world
plays are one of the last forms of media that resist digitization -- not by accident, but by design. a play doesn’t scale. it doesn’t go viral (well, not the real thing. the idea of a play can spread. its songs, its brand, its aesthetics. but the core experience - the presence, the silence, the un... See more
brand strategy and
95% of “overthinking” is unprocessed emotion wearing a rational disguise.
You don’t need more logic. You need to feel the discomfort you’re avoiding.
You don’t need more logic. You need to feel the discomfort you’re avoiding.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
When you solve problems, you get customers. When you give people better stories about themselves, you build movements. When you give them something to defend, you create evangelists.
Elan Miller • The dinner party test
brand strategy and
Most people live their lives in between these 2 emotions-
1. Hope that if they achieve something, they will find happiness.
2. Fear that if they lose what they have, they will never be happy.
The day you understand neither of them are actually true is the day you are free.
1. Hope that if they achieve something, they will find happiness.
2. Fear that if they lose what they have, they will never be happy.
The day you understand neither of them are actually true is the day you are free.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
How many dreams are abandoned for fear of looking stupid in the eyes of those who never think about us at all
Robert Reich • Dylan O'Sullivan on Substack
self renewal and
one of the hardest habits i've had to un-learn as a writer is the desire to head off any counterargument i can see coming -- it's hard for me to write something knowing it will be misunderstood by some people, but that preventing it will water down the writing
Writing and