đź’ On paying attention & getting your first big break
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đź’ On paying attention & getting your first big break
Life rewards you more when you pay attention to its gifts. Cliché as this sounds, I’ve found it to be true. Our attention is like a spotlight in the darkness. What we focus on becomes our experience of reality. Simply put: what you expect, you receive.
Kamal Ravikant • Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It: The positive self-help phenomenon
The late great Mary Oliver’s advice for life ❣️ “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
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How we choose to pay attention, and relate to information and each other shapes who we become, shapes our creative destiny and, in turn, shapes our experience of the world. And, in my mind, there’s nothing more important than that.
Maria Popova • Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
One of the great misconceptions about the artistic life is that it entails great swathes of aimlessness. The truth is that a creative life involves great swathes of attention. Attention is a way to connect and survive.
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
