December 2010
41 posts
"move over michael's: lure is the new media spot"... →
anoemi:
Been saying this for 2 years.
Well deserved.
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...”
– Marcus Aurelius (via oceanofmind)
On living outside your comfort zone →
heyamberrae:
There’s a distinct difference between doing what feels right and feeling slight discomfort along the way & doing what feels wrong and feeling torn up in the process.
Slight discomfort means you’re growing and opening yourself up to situations that challenge your comfortable behaviors. These…
Reading my mind, as usual.
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– Daniel Burnham
“Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a...”
– Memoirs of Geisha by Arthur Golden (via thechocolatebrigade)
“I’ve not yet felt how I’m supposed to feel
about where my life is going,
and...”
– Kerouac (via sammwich)
I used to feel this way, but only recently it’s starting to be clear I know exactly where I’m going, what matters to me, and why. If there was damage it’s undone.
“Twenty years ago no one could have imagined the effects the Internet would have:...”
– J. G. Ballard, Age of Unreason (via thedirtydan)
“People decide whether or not to be generous, they decide whether or not to take...”
– Michael D. Eisner, in Working Together: Why Great Partnerships Succeed, describing Warren Buffett’s investing philosophy.
The writing in this book was stilted in places, but overall I really enjoyed it. The lone genius is such a powerful narrative figure that we miss out on many stories of partners...
“the difference between failure & success lies in your goals and intent. if...”
– thoughts on the plane from JFK to ORD… (via heyamberrae)
Love it! Was just talking with anoemi about the exact same thing before seeing this. :)
“When you find that thing you love, the music gets louder, the car drives faster...”
– David Brown (via SkinnyandBald & Workisnotajob)
“We live in an increasingly uncertain world, where the tools that served us well...”
– Subject to Change
“When you start looking at a problem and it seems really simple, you don’t...”
– Steve Jobs
