📣 Curious Quotes from the Author
“Fear of judgment stifles our ability to embrace uncertainty and as part of that process delivers a serious blow to our willingness to create anything that hasn’t already been done and validated.”
“The more certain you are of the answer or the outcome in advance, the more likely it is to have been done already—to be derivative—and the less anyone will care, including you. Anything certain has already been done.”
“A good life is not a place at which you arrive, it is a lens through which you see and create your world.”
“There is vitality, a life force, energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. . . .”
“research shows that the eight-hours-in-one-shot approach to sleep may be somewhat of a modern invention. When people are removed from all artificial sleep cues, one study found, they start to shift to a sleep pattern of about four hours asleep, 30 to 60 minutes awake, then another three to four hours asleep.”
“For those driven to create something extraordinary from nothing, there is no end. There are only ebbs and flows.”
“Viktor Frankl tells us in Man’s Search for Meaning that “between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” And in that growth and freedom lies the heartbeat of a life well lived. ”
“All he knew was he was going to put one foot down in front of the other in that direction.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea
We're all afraid of uncertainty, so professionals and creatives in particular need to learn how to handle it. We can learn how to confront our fears and deal with uncertainty by putting particular strategies into practice and getting regular feedback. In what ways can you use the concepts presented in these blinks in your own life?
Follow your routines when you have a deadline in sight. You will become agitated and lose focus if you drop everything in a frenzy and stay up late. Instead, to be as composed and concentrated as possible while a deadline is near, continue your social and physical activities.
Until Tomorrow,
Jason (Founder Club255)