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“... Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life.”
– Hunter S. Thompson
– Hunter S. Thompson
Tina Roth Eisenberg • quotes – Page 2 – swissmiss
Time for tinkering, following my curiosity, and reading about things that interest me can feel like “wasting” time but these periods tend to lead to interesting opportunities. This is because it's a way of getting in the flow with my nature and optimizing for energy first. This ends up being a great hack for avoiding starting things you’ll want to... See more
Next the lead must do some real work. It must provide hard details that tell the reader why the piece was written and why he ought to read it.
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
You are allowed to go off script. You can have multiple passions. You can make progress without a fixed purpose.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
Turn your notes into a rough draft. Don’t simply copy your notes into a manuscript. Translate them into something coherent and embed them into the context of your argument
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
life is a giant experiment where you get to explore, discover, define and achieve your own version of success, not the one prescribed by society.
Be Curious. Curiosity makes everything new. It invites exploration. It makes everything play. Most of all, curiosity is going to help you “get good at being lucky.” It’s the reason some people see opportunities everywhere.
Dave Evans • Designing Your Life: For Fans of Atomic Habits
"We often hear about passion, but it’s a temporary, fleeting fire that can burn out just as quickly as it ignites. Curiosity, however, is a deeper and more enduring drive. It’s a quiet but constant force that propels us forward, making us seek knowledge and new experiences without the pressure of instant results.
In a world that idolizes passion, cu
Time is the best editor.
If you have it, time is the easiest trick for self-editing. Simply put your work away long enough so when you come back to it you can see it with fresh eyes.