Yanis Markin
@yanis
designing Sublime
Yanis Markin
People who experience flow describe it as “a state of effortless concentration so deep that they lose their sense of time, of themselves, of their problems,” and their descriptions of the joy of that state are so compelling that Csikszentmihalyi has called it an “optimal experience.” Many activities can induce a sense of flow, from painting to raci
... See morefrom Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- In a sense, it’s the weird that is truly normal. It’s how people actually are, what they really care about, think about. So in a sense you’re getting them out of the weird. The weird is the stage presence we put on, and all the puffery and unwillingness to say what you really think, because my confirmation hearing, whatever. So once you stop seeing... See more
from 429 Too Many Requests by Tim Ferriss
- “A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with 2 watches is never sure.”
Ancient societies followed a single narrative. Modern societies are cacophonies of competing narratives. Without trust, more data doesn’t make us more informed but more confused.from 30 Useful Principles by Gurwinder
Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That’s had a big impact on my work.
from Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
- A humanism that responds to the collapse of Big Authenticity will be sexier . As Magdalene Taylor recently wrote, “Real things and actual human experiences are hot, even in the written form. They have a libidinal energy that’s been drained from us in the current technological era. And we’re going to want to get that energy back.”
from Yearn in Review by Daisy Alioto
- Anxiety, the next gumption trap, is sort of the opposite of ego. You're so sure you'll do everything wrong you're afraid to do anything at all. Often this, rather than "laziness" is the real reason you find it hard to get started
from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Quotes
- He is quoted as stating that "Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design.
from Dieter Rams - Wikipedia
- Author E.B. White once captured the essence of why. “I wake up in the morning unsure of whether I want to savor the world or save the world,” White said , “This makes it hard to plan the day.”
from 10,000 Hours With Reid Hoffman: What I Learned by Ben Casnocha
It's no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature. Even the structure of tennis, the way the pieces fit inside one another like Russian nesting dolls, mimics the structure of our days. Poi
... See morefrom Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi