Intent to discover
Working out our ideas in public, whether via a speech or blog post, is an opportunity to dance with fear. The amygdala senses nothing but...
Tag: productivity
The debugger break method
The work isn’t going anywhere. In fact, it just keeps coming, and it doesn’t care that our energy is as fickle as the weather. Our...
Dancing into happy accidents
Life involves trial and error. Effort necessitates randomness. To generate ideas, we must try something new. Otherwise, all the ideas remain locked up in would-be...
The burn of discontent
Everything starts and ends from the burn of discontent. We all have an inkling for something, a dormant enthusiasm, waiting to erupt so we can...
That which tints
We don’t want to consume things too rich — otherwise, we get fat. Hedonism is a distraction from distraction. None of those daily binge sessions...
The probable oddity
Her look went beyond centuries, but so did her footwork. She demanded to stand out in a sea of sameness, to dive in a forest...
Self-optimization through art
We are worth knowing, far more than what we give ourselves credit for. Rational assessment may say otherwise. But to believe that our work matters...
Defying expectations
There is conflict and harmony between doubt and applause. The art would not be so interesting had it been expected. The audience seeks novelty and...
Time to bear this in mind
Bear in mind that the passport to freedom comes from the gift of time. Time is more valuable than money, the latter which shall be...
Probing the information bubble
The reporter gathers string. The student collects artifacts. The interested are hunter-gatherers of information. They play life by the ear to bring the art of...
For work’s sake
The consistency of the paint. Showing up and doing it, again and again, is not a magic trick. It’s a routine. It’s the challenge of...
It takes the time that it takes
It takes the time that it takes. We are suckers for speed, enthralled by unnecessary fast focus. The ideas get introduced. The work gets done....