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Category Archives: Inspiration
Richard Branson Quotes
From True Grit, Opinion piece in some business magazine: The ability to tap into your determination and grit… you can teach yourself to get up everyday and keep a new business going despite long odds, partly by struturing your life and … Continue reading
When is “be yourself” not good advice?
I answered this question on Quora and got quite a few upvotes for it, so I thought I’d share it here. TL;DR: The self is dynamic, not static. You are always yourself, even when you’re “fake” or “forced”. Be your best self … Continue reading
Motivation
How bad do you want to be successful? If you don’t want it as badly as you want to breathe, you won’t be successful. Sleep is for those who are broke. I don’t sleep. Most of you don’t want it … Continue reading
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Building Blocks of Storytelling (Ira Glass)
Building blocks of storytelling: 1: Anecdote. Sequence of actions- what is a story in its purest form? The plot. It has a momentum in of itself, however boring the facts are. Sequence of events. You can feel inherently that you’re … Continue reading
Write Till You Drop, by Annie Dillard
Write Till You Drop By ANNIE DILLARD People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all. Strange seizures beset us. Frank … Continue reading
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Contemplating the Universe
One of the most amazing things that the human mind is able to do is to contemplate the Universe. Now, few of us are really able to visualize it accurately. (Maybe concepts of accuracy just break down when we’re talking about … Continue reading
On Jealousy
By “Anon User” When does love make one miserable and jealous? It does not. You misread your own feelings. The buzzing freneticism of intense emotion, especially new love, is a type of spiritual high, and you only feel misery when … Continue reading
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