Salvador Jiménez

In other words, the hard part isn’t writing, or coding, or speaking.

It’s determining what to write, what to code, and what to say.

Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas. In that order."

even a bee sipping nectar takes pleasure from the meal—and not only in the moment, but in the ongoing state we call happiness.

“The thing you don’t want to say — that’s what you have to write,”

Creativity requires connecting the dots, and connecting the dots requires allowing time for my subconscious to consolidate my ideas and make associations. This means that, from time to time, I need to just stare out the window and do nothing.

This doesn’t feel productive, even though it is.