Category: Life
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Three quotes that have caught my eye
“The pressure to perform is baked into our larger society. As a result, children are increasingly absorbing the message that they have no value outside of their accomplishments.” — Jennifer Breheny Wallace via Karen Rosenkranz “If you’re a social perfectionist, you’ll have unusually high expectations of yourself. Your self-esteem will be dangerously dependent on maintaining…
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Push and Ye, masculinity and maturity
Pusha T and Malice’s GQ interview has been making the rounds on the internet. There has been a lot of noise particularly about Push describing why he can’t work with Ye anymore, “He knows I don’t think he’s a man.” While I found the phrasing surprising, the sentiment was understandable. Push has been one of…
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Book to behavior
It’s easy to find a good book to read. Actually reading the book is a little more difficult. It’s still doable though. The real impact starts by learning from the book and making changes to how you behave. This is where you truly start seeing results. You take notes. You make plans and ideate next…
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Aligning process with results
Earlier in my career, I focused on work that gave me energy. Some of my projects made no money (like Prologue, my early writing at Medium, etc.). I took on projects that could subsidize them. I really enjoyed this way of working. I felt free, energized, and curious. In this season of my career, I…
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Sincerest forms
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Jealousy is the sincerest form of desire. Doubt is the sincerest form of humility. Guilt is the sincerest form of conscience. Confusion is the sincerest form of ambition.
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Three things about friends
1. The internet makes it easier to find the perfect people for you. These are the exact individuals you want to be in touch with. You will feel a much deeper connection with them than most of the other people you meet. Since you meet these people online, you may develop thinner relationships with them—seeing…
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You meet ten people…
Two will like you. There is potential to become best friends. Seven will feel indifferent towards you. You will become acquaintances at best. One will dislike you. At best, you will both treat each other with civility. You can’t please everyone. Sometimes—perhaps many times—in order to meet the two people, you need to sort through…
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Style = best traits + taste + flair
In her book Executive Style, Judith Price covers a lot of really cool offices from the 1970s—think Diane Von Furstenberg, Estée Lauder, Malcolm Forbes. What won me over was this paragraph in her introduction: Style isn’t something you’re born with or something you acquire when you reach a certain age. It isn’t something you earn…