The biggest challenge in life is to get out of our own way.
Fears, insecurities, and doubts inspire the excuses we use to hide from going after what we want.
We tell ourselves things that aren’t true and allow those stories to hold us back.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
“That’s the true beauty of making useless things — it’s this acknowledgment that you don’t always know what the answer is. And it turns off that voice in your head that tells you that you know exactly how the world works.”
“We’re all subject to superiors’ whims and putting out small fires. But usually — mostly — the things left on the list are our fears. There is no pleasant way to face them, but we must.”
“Ideas are, at their root, combinatorial. New ideas are combinations of two or more old ideas.”
“At times, it’s easy to feel disenchanted by the routine of catching up with the same people, doing the same thing, and having the same conversations. What I learned in my experiment is it’s important to go out of your way to meet people who are not like you, with different backgrounds, expertise, and experiences.”
“Most people start working on their logo for the next three months. But in order to make things happen you need to be able to turn your art into a business.”
“Identifying potential breakthrough knowledge is actually fairly easy. There is a question that I ask myself before I consume any media that works as an incredible filter. I simply ask: Does this have the potential to fundamentally change my life?”
“Now, just about any question you have you can put into Google or Quora and you’re going to get an answer. So, if you’re looking at the laws of supply and demand, the supply of answers is filled. We’ve got answers up the kazoo, but how many great questions do we have?”
“A bowl that we pick up and touch is more likely to set an expectation of a hearty, filling and healthy meal. That weight in the hand is likely to make your brain think the food is more substantial and you’re likely to rate it as more intensely fragranced and aromatic than for exactly the same food sat passively on a plate.”
“Men are what their mothers made them.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson