“If it doesn’t cost you your life, it isn’t a quest.” From Seth Godin’s The Dip I like this, and I don’t. It is true that sometimes in life we have to take a leap of faith. But this also potentially smacks of taking leaps without preparation. Where is the “plant, cultivate, harvest” perspective? What about … Read more
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” Origin unclear.
“A wisdom figure is someone who is seen to have arrived at an inner center and lives out of the resource found there.” Murray Stein
I’m guessing this post by Paul Graham drew a fair amount of flak. After all, he compares people who are employees (as opposed to those who work for themselves) to tamed animals in a zoo rather than beasts of the wild. While I think it was an extreme comparison, I have to admit that bailing … Read more
Here’s a tip to being alive, happy, and not ending your days with regret. Don’t do stuff you don’t really care about. Don’t do work you don’t care about. Don’t do work that doesn’t build the skills you want to build upon for your whole life. There are caveats. We have to pay the bills. … Read more
Every time you doubt, you are losing time moving forward. It is ok to analyze what is working, but fear-based doubt just slows down getting things done. It takes skill to regularly recognize when you are doubting. Most people doubt their life and actions constantly.
I have always found the following comments from George Lucas on what Francis Ford Coppola told him about writing a script to be helpful. Apparently the conversation happened early in Lucas’ career, sometime in the 1970s. I wish I had a link or a book to quote from directly, but I don’t recall where I … Read more
