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Steven Pressfield: Depth of commitment
Steven Pressfield: Depth of commitment:
In a way, failure is fuel for depth of commitment. It raises the stakes. When our history is constituted entirely of Failure #1, Failure #2, and Failure #3, wh…
Tim O'Reilly: Create more value than you capture
This fantastic interview that Steven Levy did with my long-time hero Tim O'Reilly ran on December 21st, and I've been meaning to post it here since. Here goes:
Everybody wants to foster entrepreneurs…
Passive-aggressive unsubscribe clause
I once considered going to a Tony Robbins UPW event with a friend. I ended up not going, but I still get the benefit of having been put on their email list, without asking for it. The latest email sho…
Over time, you become your own best friend
Julie McIntyre in Sex and the Intelligence of the Heart:
Over time, you become your own best friend advocating for your needs, wants, and happiness. You learn to craft a life of joy so that all you d…
Miracles
Paulo Coelho (in the video on the right):
Miracles do not go against the laws of nature. We only think that because we don't know nature's laws.
Security is mostly superstition
Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life i…
Edgar Mitchell interview
I found this short interview with Edgar Mitchell, the astronaut who founded Institute of Noetic Sciences. It touched a nerve in me.
He talks about resonance in a way that clicked for me - how we can i…
Humor
The nice gentleman currently assisting in the yoga shala has been helping me with a couple of poses, and the recurring theme of his advice to me has been "bandas and breath", as in "tighten your banda…
Thank Dave Winer for my blogging resurgence
Back in November, Dave Winer wrote:
BTW, people note that my river is mostly mainstream pubs. That's because bloggers are publishing so little these days. I subscribe to lots of blogs. But they aren'…
The greener grass
I admit I look with wistful admiration at creative minds in different fields who seem to be living life on their own terms: select entrepreneurs, of course; also Ira Glass a…