Revenue Targets Are Arbitrary and Absurd

Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end. – Bob Marley You know that feeling when you repeat a word so many times it became absurd and seemingly lost its meaning? Apparently it’s called Semantic Satiation. I recently observed something similar at…

Ask This One Question to Get Yourself Out of Burnout

I think I’ve cracked burnout recovery. The single question you need to keep asking yourself to get out of burnout: what do I enjoy, really? Not what you should enjoy, not what you had enjoyed, not what you know you enjoyed in the past. Just: what do I need and enjoy right now? Ask yourself…

Brainiac’s guide to Passion, Art, Creativity, and Productivity

https://onbeing.org/programs/elizabeth-gilbert-choosing-curiosity-over-fear-may2018/ I think curiosity is our friend that teaches us how to become ourselves. And it’s a very gentle friend and a very forgiving friend, and a very constant one. Passion is not so constant, not so gentle, not so forgiving, and sometimes. not so available. And so, when we live in a world that…

Extending the hibernation

why do I still feel tired, no bandwidth and motivation to do stuff? but still able to “go pro”, show up, and do my day job — killing it as well. but I’m just left with no energy or interest to do the other non-work stuff like writing and side hustles. even family tim, and…

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