Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
blog.samaltman.com • What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
When elite universities uploaded all of their courses online for public consumption, we collectively realized that the limiting reagent for global intelligence is not access to information, it's motivation.
Chris Paik • Tweet
To quote Beethoven: “The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, Thus far and no farther.”
Ryan Holiday • The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage
Awareness Apprenticeship Practice Discovery Profession Mastery Legacy
Jeff Goins • The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
The idea that “people will do it anyway”—that if you’re a real artist you’ll make art no matter what—can be the product only of naïveté or ignorance or privilege.
William Deresiewicz • The Death of the Artist
IN A WORLD obsessed with innovation, it is easy to fall in love with ideas.
Scott Belsky • Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

“everyday progress—even a small win”
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
the right to have the capacity to create—and the responsibility to pursue—lives lived meaningfully well.