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A long-term project learning practices in using physical micro actions, thoughts and verbal cues to activate desired mental and emotional states on demand.
Generally, the advice isn’t really the hard part. There’s endless good advice just a click away. The art is in creating the conditions for people t
Self-Handicapping: Avoiding effort because you don’t want to deal with the emotional pain of that effort failing.
‘Toys are not really as innocent as they look. Toys and games are the prelude to serious ideas.’ — Charles and Ray Eames
It’s easy to be seduced by the world of potentiality. A book is always greatest before it’s written. You are intoxicated by what it can be. That’s ver
A collection of ideas on the design process and creating great designs
hot take: designers often feel like they have to defend every single choice they make, as if they're constantly on trial. that's because design is so
It’s easy to be seduced by the world of potentiality. A book is always greatest before it’s written. You are intoxicated by what it can be. That’s ver
Pithy sayings that can be uno reverse carded. The name makes no sense pay no attention to it.
@Marc Andreessen "The person who writes down the thing has tremendous power." In most companies, almost no one does it. If you can turn chaos into
Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost. Kahlil Gibran
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar a
A new trend is sweeping through China's first-tier cities — the "homebar." Imagine a cozy living room where strangers gather, break the ice, and enjoy
what does it take to build worlds?
Paracosm A paracosm is an imaginary world. A world we create beside the real world. Thought generally to originate in childhood.
“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.” — David Foster Wallace
mute the world and build your own
Why? What? Where? When? Who? and How?— — —A collection of better questions to get better answers.
How can you prioritize the accumulated wisdom of humanity over the impulses of the past 24 hours?
What is the single hardest part of this project? Do I actually know it's the hardest part, or am I guessing? If I avoid it forever, can this project s
How choosing the right words can make seemingly impossible outcomes achievable — so effectively, it must be magic.——I know spells are effectively words but it didn’t hit me at the time so let’s not make it a big deal, please and thank you.
“Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” —Ibn Battuta
I have very detailed opinions on lots of topics. I sometimes get asked how I do this, which might just be people making fun of me, but I choose to int
An ego is a beautiful thing to incinerate
reminders for me and for you.
Inspiration is perishable and life goes by fast. Inaction is a particularly insidious type of risk.
One of the most dangerous feelings in the world is when you encounter a conceptual framework that maps onto your experience and it just seems to “clic
