Tejas Gawande
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Co-founder, Chronicle. Product geek.
Tejas Gawande
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Cognitive patience: The ability to slow down, think deeply, and carefully evaluate information
Design has evolved to meet the challenge of the new relationship between people and the material goods they need. Today, designers — artisans, manufacturers, engineers, architects — think far beyond the way things look. Comparing pre-industrial design to post-industrial design with a picture is absurd. Critiquing a modern object based on its appear... See more
Beauty in the machine: post-industrial design
Ideas evolve gradually over years and decades into their final shape. The new form has many micro decisions behind it
The mathematical genius Alexander Grothendieck once had a metaphor for solving problems. He suggested that instead of forcing open an impossibly hard kernel with a hammer and chisel, one should simply let it sit in water and wait. Over time, the shell softens and opens with ease. This is also true in writing; time is the only non-substitutable ingr... See more
Epiphanies Come From Waiting
Epiphanies come from waiting. You need patience, to let your ideas transform into what they could be.
🚶♂️Writing Walks and the Awe of Spring
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Take your time
Read, but don’t just read. Read the best book you can find.
Write, but don’t just write. Write the best idea you can conceive.
Write, but don’t just write. Write the best idea you can conceive.
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the power of going for it, the value of sharing what you know, and how to figure out what you really want
Commitment to the best.
Some of the best life advice I received:
In your 20s and 30s, do a few things that you'll be excited to tell your kids about someday. Go on an adventure, train for some challenging event, get your hands dirty on a crazy project, whatever. Create stories worth telling.
Connect experiences
Invest 30 minutes of that in building your vision for the future. That's just 2% of your day, but if you do it for a year, that vision may become your reality.
- Read or write
- Build a prototype
- Meet one new person
- Learn a new skill
4 Simple Habits to Transform Your Weeks | The Curiosity Chronicle
Invest 30 mins every day