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Note 01

Fear doesn't stop death, it stops life.

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Fear doesn't stop death, it stops life.

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Just the fact that we are participating in reality should be enough of value for us to enjoy any moment.

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Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

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Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

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The time you spend at work can be an expression of who you are as a human being, an enormous enrichment to your life, and a boon to your friends and family.

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The time you spend at work can be an expression of who you are as a human being, an enormous enrichment to your life, and a boon to your friends and family.

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We are all translators for messages the universe is broadcasting. The best artists tend to be the ones with the most sensitive antennae to draw in the energy resonating at a particular moment.

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We are all translators for messages the universe is broadcasting. The best artists tend to be the ones with the most sensitive antennae to draw in the energy resonating at a particular moment.

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Artists who are able to continually create great works throughout their lives often manage to preserve these childlike qualities. Practicing a way of being that allows you to see the world through uncorrupted, innocent eyes can free you to act in concert with the universe's timetable.

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The universe is only as large as our perception of it. When we cultivate our awareness, we are expanding the universe.

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The universe is only as large as our perception of it. When we cultivate our awareness, we are expanding the universe.

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No matter what tools you use to create, the true instrument is you.

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No matter what tools you use to create, the true instrument is you.

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Look for what you notice but no one else sees.

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Look for what you notice but no one else sees.

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How do you know when an idea is innovative?

When it scares the hell out of everybody.

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How do you know when an idea is innovative?

When it scares the hell out of everybody.

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If you have an imperfect version of a work you really love, you may find that when it finally seems perfect, you don't love it in the same way. This is a sign the imperfect version was actually the one. The work is not about perfection.

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Rule 43: The more beautiful and pure a thing is — the more satisfying it is to corrupt it.

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Rule 43: The more beautiful and pure a thing is — the more satisfying it is to corrupt it.

Note 13

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming any misfortune.

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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming any misfortune.

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The fact that you're doing what you love already makes you incredibly successful.

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The fact that you're doing what you love already makes you incredibly successful.

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Following the natural feedback in the body, we move toward the option that hints at the ecstatic.

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Following the natural feedback in the body, we move toward the option that hints at the ecstatic.

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Finding the confidence to use our voice is one of the most satisfying acts of authenticity. Although it may feel intimidating, expressing genuine thoughts and feelings is important for self-respect.

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Finding the confidence to use our voice is one of the most satisfying acts of authenticity. Although it may feel intimidating, expressing genuine thoughts and feelings is important for self-respect.

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The world is only as free as it allows its artists to be.

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The world is only as free as it allows its artists to be.

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But i think that letting go is a moment, that enables empowerment, agency, creativity, emergence, and they’re all connected.

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Bats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, bees can dance maps, we can hold all these ideas at once, and feel both heavy, and weightless, with the absurd beauty of it all.

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Bats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, bees can dance maps, we can hold all these ideas at once, and feel both heavy, and weightless, with the absurd beauty of it all.

Note 20

Create for yourself. You can’t make art for someone else, you can’t make art with someone else in mind.

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Create for yourself. You can’t make art for someone else, you can’t make art with someone else in mind.

Note 21

On this quest for greatness, are you living up to your ability?

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On this quest for greatness, are you living up to your ability?

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People want to do work that matters. And they want to work for the leaders that tell them they matter. And the best way to achieve it is to show them the people whose life was made better thanks to the work they do.

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Our ability and taste may evolve, yielding different works over time, but none can be evaluated as more or less than another. They are different snapshots of who we are, and who we were. They are all our best work in the moment they were created.

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Today, as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official or a scholar.

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Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive.

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Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive.

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The beauty of creation is that we can surprise ourselves, and make something greater than we're capable of understanding at the time, if we ever can.

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The beauty of creation is that we can surprise ourselves, and make something greater than we're capable of understanding at the time, if we ever can.

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If we can tune in to the idea of making things and sharing them without being attached to the outcome, the work is more likely to arrive in its truest form.

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If we can tune in to the idea of making things and sharing them without being attached to the outcome, the work is more likely to arrive in its truest form.

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The same outcome can be viewed as a great success or a terrible failure, depending on the perspective.

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The same outcome can be viewed as a great success or a terrible failure, depending on the perspective.

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Consider that it might not have been your initial style that attracted success, but your personal passion within it. So if your passion changes course, follow it. Your trust in your instincts and excitement are what resonate with others.

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It's not uncommon to long for outward success, hopeful it will fill a void inside ourselves. Some imagine achievement as a remedy to fix or heal a sense of not being enough.

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It's not uncommon to long for outward success, hopeful it will fill a void inside ourselves. Some imagine achievement as a remedy to fix or heal a sense of not being enough.

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How shall we measure success?

It isn't popularity, money, or critical esteem. Success occurs in the privacy of the soul.

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How shall we measure success?

It isn't popularity, money, or critical esteem. Success occurs in the privacy of the soul.

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The goal of art isn't to attain perfection. The goal is to share who we are. And how we see the world.

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The goal of art isn't to attain perfection. The goal is to share who we are. And how we see the world.

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Avoid overthinking. When you're happy with the work and you're moved to share it with a friend, it might be time to share it with the world as well.

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Avoid overthinking. When you're happy with the work and you're moved to share it with a friend, it might be time to share it with the world as well.

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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

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The objective is not to learn to mimic greatness, but to calibrate our internal meter for greatness. So we can better make the thousands of choices that might ultimately lead to our own great work.

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The objective is not to learn to mimic greatness, but to calibrate our internal meter for greatness. So we can better make the thousands of choices that might ultimately lead to our own great work.

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Being curious is the product of the information gap. You need to know just a little about something to be curious.

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Being curious is the product of the information gap. You need to know just a little about something to be curious.

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We can engage people's curiosity over a long period of time by systematically "opening gaps" in their knowledge – and then filling those gaps.

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We can engage people's curiosity over a long period of time by systematically "opening gaps" in their knowledge – and then filling those gaps.

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So maybe emotions can be designed. You can design an environment to influence a collective state of mind in order to produce an emotion as an outcome through a product or service.

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So maybe emotions can be designed. You can design an environment to influence a collective state of mind in order to produce an emotion as an outcome through a product or service.

Note 39

The truest advice is given only when asked for, because the act of asking means your friend is willing and ready to receive it.

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The truest advice is given only when asked for, because the act of asking means your friend is willing and ready to receive it.

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The mark of great art is that it makes people feel something. They love it or they hate it, but they're feeling it. The worst thing would be to be so mediocre that no one cares.

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The mark of great art is that it makes people feel something. They love it or they hate it, but they're feeling it. The worst thing would be to be so mediocre that no one cares.

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Whether someone else determines your work as successful or unsuccessful is ultimately simply an opinion generated by that person's own experiences, expertise and set of assumptions. Living your life according to what everyone else might think of you is to cede control of who you are. It is to outsource your identity to a bunch of strangers who do not know you.

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Those who have subdued their ego understand that it doesn't degrade you when others treat you poorly, it degrades them.

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Those who have subdued their ego understand that it doesn't degrade you when others treat you poorly, it degrades them.

Note 43

Maybe fitting in is overrated. Maybe not looking like a fool is simply not an option in any rich and interesting life, wherever it may unfold.

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Maybe fitting in is overrated. Maybe not looking like a fool is simply not an option in any rich and interesting life, wherever it may unfold.

Note 44

Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do... Sanity means tying it to your own actions.

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Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do... Sanity means tying it to your own actions.

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Do your work, do it well, then let go.

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Do your work, do it well, then let go.

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It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character.

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It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character.

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We don't so much gain the knowledge of things by words, as words by the experience we have of things.

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We don't so much gain the knowledge of things by words, as words by the experience we have of things.

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If you want to get to another crescendo of design and have your brain figure out how to aesthetically put something together, you have to do it often.

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If you want to get to another crescendo of design and have your brain figure out how to aesthetically put something together, you have to do it often.

Note 49

Smallwood learned that unhappy minds tend to wander in the past, while happy minds often ponder the future.

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Smallwood learned that unhappy minds tend to wander in the past, while happy minds often ponder the future.

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Smallwood now believes mind-wandering is rarely a waste of time. It is merely our brain trying to get a bit of work done when it is under the impression that there isn’t much else going on.

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Smallwood now believes mind-wandering is rarely a waste of time. It is merely our brain trying to get a bit of work done when it is under the impression that there isn’t much else going on.

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Art is that little extra. Art is the personality infused into a piece of design or communication. Art is what sets it apart.

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Art is that little extra. Art is the personality infused into a piece of design or communication. Art is what sets it apart.

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I’m not sure anything is really interesting without some conflict involved.

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I’m not sure anything is really interesting without some conflict involved.

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What makes you beautiful is how you make people feel.

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What makes you beautiful is how you make people feel.

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It's usually not the work you do that people love, it's your passion with it.

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It's usually not the work you do that people love, it's your passion with it.

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Stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet.

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Stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet.