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As a society obsessed with productivity, where every minute must be optimized, we’ve slowly forgotten one of the most valuable parts of our childhood (and being human).
Embracing creativity without any pressure or performance.
To be silly and enjoy the process
To give our nervous system a minute to breathe
Connecting again with ourselves and others
Reme
... See morePoet and professor Ross Gay on abandoning capitalistic achievement to seek the freedom of play – The Creative Independent
Loré Yessuffthecreativeindependent.com
Learning is downstream of doing. The order should rarely be reversed. Most real knowledge, knowledge worth attaining, lives in the hands . It must be cultivated gradually, like a garden. Really, it must be grown. Most real knowledge is the result of doing something deliberately for a long time and steadily making small improvements. It requires a s... See more
Do what you can't
A few cold emails changed my life. Here are some things I learned that might be helpful for anyone trying to send one:
1. Short and simple gets read (long and complex gets deleted). Stop with the long cold emails. They make eyes glaze over and get deleted. 4-5 lines, space them out with hard enters (makes them appear mo... See more
Sahil Bloomx.comThere is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
– Peter Drucker
Perhaps it’s more helpful to think of collecting books like collecting wine: you pick up novels you know you will enjoy at some time in the future. That time might be right now, or it might be next year. Like a bottle of Sancerre, you’ll bring it down off the shelf at the perfect moment, when you’ll enjoy it most. That’s okay, even encouraged, beca... See more