Steven Schlafman

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“As you go the way of life, You will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.” —Joseph Campbell

“Hygge is humble and slow. It is choosing rustic over new, simple over posh and ambience over excitement. In many ways, hygge might be the Danish cousin to slow and simple living.”

Meik Wiking, The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living

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9 Life Lessons by Tim Minchin

You don’t have to have a dream. Be micro-ambitious, work with pride on whatever is in front of you. Be careful on long term dreams, if you focus too far in front of you, you won’t see the shiny thing out the corner of your eye.
Don’t seek happiness. Keep busy and aim to make someone else happy and you might find you get

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“In the history of the collective as in the history of the individual, everything depends on the development of consciousness.”

—Carl Jung

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One day you finally knew

what you had to do, and began,

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“I do not know who coined the phrase ‘Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better,’ but he or she must have had a great fantasy life. In 65 years on earth, my pattern has never been onward and upward. It has always been up and down and back around.” —Parker Palmer

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I wanted to make a product and sell it directly to people who’d care about its quality. There’s an incredible connection possible when you align your financial motivations with the service of your users. It’s an entirely different category of work than if you’re simply trying to capture eyeballs and sell their attention, privacy, and dignity in... See more

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