“Fear of getting hurt, ironically, increases your risk of getting hurt.” — Ed Latimore In the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, the play’s eponymous hero, Oedipus, was born to the king and queen of Thebes. At his birth, a prophecy was given — that Oedipus would one day kill his father and marry his mother. The …
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“What content would you recommend to me?” has become one of my favorite questions. The above form is its simplest generalization; there’s ample room to make it more concrete. “What content on startups?” “What content on the topic of history?” Interesting people become interesting, in large part, because of two things: The things they do …
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As a writer, it’s easy to fall in love with the words. They have such beauty to them, after all. Such form. When you say them, they sound musical. When you write them down, they grace the page. It’s like magic; the results are like a drug. They make you giddy. Your writing is not …
When I first moved to Charleston, I decided I wanted to learn how to paint. There’s something so creatively inspiring about this place — the sunshine, the novelty of the palm trees mixed with the mire of the pluff mud. The colors of the houses on Rainbow Row — and all throughout Charleston, really. It’s …
When we set goals, our inclination is to add their pursuit as items on a to-do list. It’s our base assumption about goals — that they’re things we “have to do.” We add their pursuit to our days, tacking them on before and after work, before and after dinner, before we go to bed at …
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There are two things to collect when reading a book: the insights of the author (things you want to remember) and the insights the book illicits for yourself. Sometimes the most valuable things about a book are the things you learn. Other times, it’s the rabbit trails that spin off of it, and the things …
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