Holding oneself to high standards derives even more benefits from the high quality connections you attract then from the standards themselves There’s a good point to be made against fussy thoroughness or undeviating forthrightness But there’s a better point to be made for them when you take into account the kind of people that …
Tag: Success
From Mediocrity to Excellence: Intelligent, Skillful Creativity Manifesto
There’s the Known and there’s the Not-Known. The Not-Known is THE NEW The Not-Known came first. Before we knew anything — we knew nothing. Before the legacy, before the skill, before the craft, before the knowledge — there was only the discovery. The unknown. The CREATIVITY. Creativity comes always first. It has always came first. …
Celebrate Small Succeses
Celebrate small successes — for that’s what gets you going — and makes the going worth it. Complacency is not satisfaction with small successes — but merely smug denial of the existence of grander possibilities, caused by insecurity. Derive pleasure from what you do every day and not from what you get …
Quality Vs Quantity Is A False Dichotomy
Quality vs quantity is a false dichotomy Quality is a function of quantity. Quantity of trial-and-error. Quantity of iterations. You try things. You produce things. Produce prototypes. Produce sketches. Produce ideas. Some of those are of higher quality. Some are less perfect or less appropriate. But still have some of that quality. Quality vs quantity …
Musings: Letting Go
Not-letting-go brought more suffering then letting-go ever did You may not get where you wanted to get but if you transcend the want in the first place — there is nothing that’s ever forsaken. Oft it’s the unwillingness to let go which keeps us from getting where we want to get, Compulsive need …
Objective Life Decisions Not Subjective
Your personal life experiences are no different to any other world processes. To know what is going on you need a lot of meaningful data. Preferably derived from numerous replicable experiments. HOW-YOU-FEEL and WHAT-SEEMS are OK when you’re interested in the subjective and intangible. There is no place for that if you’re interested in …
Plans Are Good When The Results Are Predictable
Plans are good when results are predictable Plans are adverse when results are unpredictable Most of us plan too much or too little or both We don’t understand what makes planning appropriate Most are unprofessional. Disorganised. Their chaotic actions reflect their ineptitude. Out of lack of sufficient challenge or ability — no discipline, …
Real World Outcomes
There’s the real world and there are ideas and theories. There’s engaging in actual actions in the real world — and there’s engaging in ideologies, in theoretical explorations and fantasies. If you are serious about the real-world outcomes — you want to engage in real-world actions, receive real-world feedback, and prepare real-world response. …
Happiness Is Underrated
Happiness is underrated Happiness is the true mark of success We signal success with silly trinkets and titles and stories — rather then with a smile. Happiness is still underrated when we babble so much about success and money and growth — rather then simply smile. Happiness is still underrated …
Avoid Negativity Like The Plague
Negativity is not objective. Negativity is only subjective. There is no such thing in real life as a negative thing. Everything is exactly what it is and it’s neither negative nor positive. Negative and positive only exist within the psyche — and as such are entirely subjective. Since negativity is subjective — it …