rob hardy

@robhardy

writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱

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Trying to get rid of your perfectionism is like trying to get rid of the wind by whacking it with a broom. Perfectionism is too powerful for an eradication approach. When you try to get rid of your perfectionism, all you’re doing is hemorrhaging energy at the opportunity cost of attending to your wellness.

Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control

perfectionism is power and

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

— Robert Hughes, 1996

Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet

Quotes and

The more of a substantial person you are, the better you make the lives of those around you.

Going Godward on Substack

recovery and

A true mystery, like life itself, is not for us to understand with our logical mind. Puzzles can be solved, but never a true mystery. You are such a mystery. There are many systems that claim to solve the mystery that is you. They may attempt to pigeonhole us into categories and behaviours and types, but no human being can be broken down into parts... See more

The Activation Sequence - Gene Keys

individuation and

Having something for everyone gets you acquisition.

Having everything for someone gets you retention .

Choose wisely.

Des Traynor • Tweet

The Forest

No one ever begins anything, except by grace. To sin means to think that one can begin something oneself. We never start anything; we always respond.

— René Girard

Jacob Sherman • Tweet

everything is a conversation and

One of the central myths of American romance right now is this notion that you and your partner should be able to tell each other anything and everything

I am begging you not to do this

There are so many things about you that are just for you, for your soul, as well as a whole other category of things that are only for your therapist or priest to... See more

X. It’s what’s happening

Relationships and recovery

the central lie of modernity is that the world is a large complex system that can only be understood via "trends" and "demographic shifts".

Will Manidis • Tweet

weirdly insightful sentences

The weird thing is that the word “leader” itself is cliché and boring, but when you come across somebody who actually is a real leader, that person isn’t cliché or boring at all; in fact he’s sort of the opposite of cliché and boring.

Obviously, a real leader isn’t just somebody who has ideas you agree with, nor is it just somebody you happen to

David Foster Wallace on Leadership, Illustrated and Read by Debbie Millman

on leadership

David Foster Wallace on leadership