Doing important work
Exploring purpose and impact with how most of society spends time.
Doing important work
the problem with trying to make time for everything that feels important—or just for enough of what feels important—is that you definitely never will.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Sick in the Head
Judd Apatow
But that’s the funny thing about this work: You can do something you really like and someone else just looks at it and says, “I need to end this today.”
Judd Apatow
But that’s the funny thing about this work: You can do something you really like and someone else just looks at it and says, “I need to end this today.”
Nico Walker • Daily Review | Readwise
Most people waste four to five hours on a given day, and if you can learn to identify and utilize it, you’ll be on your way toward increased productivity.
David Goggins • Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
“Money in a business is like gas in your car. You don’t want to run out, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”– Tim O’Reilly
Start with what you want to achieve, instead of limiting yourself to what’s realistic or sustainable.
Will Guidara • Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
Before they began, the group codified a set of organizing principles, dubbed the “Pirate Paradigm,” that would dictate how they worked together:
- Don’t wait to be told to do something; figure it out for yourself
- Challenge everything, and steel yourself for the inevitable cynicism, opposition, rumors, false reporting, innuendos, and slander
- Break the ru
How NASA's Pirate Paradigm Challenged The Status Quo — NOBL
NASA Pirate Paradigm
“Escape competition through authenticity.” Basically, when you’re competing with people, it’s because you’re copying them.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Executive performance coach Julie Gurner on the power of better questions:
“The questions you ask yourself will largely determine the answers you get.
“The questions you ask yourself will largely determine the answers you get.
- “Why am I not successful?” You’ll get answers that berate you.
- “How can I succeed here?” You’ll get answers that push you.