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Dance to your own tune
I’ve seen this quote attributed to Nietzsche. It captures the essence of someone carving out a new path, but who is then judged by others who cannot see the bigger picture. Keep going.
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Release the non-essential
It’s not the daily increase, but the decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” BRUCE LEE Western society generally promotes the idea of accumulating more. Advertising and marketing messages bombard us. The common thought seems to be earn more and spend more. It’s all about visual cues of “success” through a bigger house, a nicer car…
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Manage your energy, not time
“Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance.” “Performance, health and happiness are grounded in the skillful management of energy.” Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz, The Power of Full Engagement There is a constant pressure to always be on, in today’s fast pace, complex, and digital world. Work and life have melded into…
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It’s your turn
This post should speak for itself. I’m returning to some motivation from Seth Godin about starting and building something (a daily blog in my case). I hope it can inspire you to stand up, speak out, unleash your creativity, and connect with others: “ YOUR TURN TO: Ship.Speak up.Stand out.Build a following.Market a product.Make a…
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Choose what comes naturally
“My advice is to choose a profession that is really easy for you to do and that also allows you to be creative.” Lewis Cantley Does your work ever feel like a constant uphill battle? Not a rewarding battle filled with growth, but maybe more of a meaningless struggle. Work isn’t filling your cup, it’s…
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Should work feel authentic?
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life” Steve Jobs “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken” Oscar Wilde Have you ever had the feeling that your work feels inauthentic? You don’t necessarily feel it all the time but it slowly creeps in and lingers below the surface. It started out…
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Reframe those obstacles
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
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Bet on yourself
“We’ve been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all, to prefer fitting in with the right people, the people with economic power. Now it’s your turn to stand up and stand out.” Seth Godin A hangover from the past Seth Godin highlights…
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How big are your questions?
“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” Voltaire Peter Thiel is known for asking big contrarian questions. You could argue that the success he has achieved as a billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist (co-founder of PayPal, Palantir, the first investor in Facebook, and co-author of Zero to One), resulted from the size…
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What would it look like if it were easy?
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo Da Vinci Do you ever find that you seem to be making things harder than they need to be? I know I do. It’s easy to get caught up in details and complexity. You can’t see the forrest for the trees. It could be in work or life. The…