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hannah ludlow
"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
—Terry Pratchett
The three most powerful motives are curiosity, delight, and the desire to do something impressive. Sometimes they converge, and that combination is the most powerful of all.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
Safety may avoid embarrassment, but it is also boring.
— Kyle Chayka, Filterworld [pg. 52]
Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
On people who are INTO it:
Have you ever had the experience, Jerry asks, where you look at something and go, ‘Wow, whoever made that—they were INTO it!’? “That’s what I care about. That’s all I care about. I don’t care about traits or techniques, I don’t care what you do or how you do it—I just want to see people and talk to people and be around peo
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