Daily Rituals by Mason Currey is definitely a book worth reading. There is a popular notion that artists work from inspiration, that there is some strike or bolt or bubbling up of creative mojo from who knows where. But I hope my work makes it clear that waiting for inspiration is a terrible, …
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What TJ Perenara said. To the other voices in this conversation: sharing your opinion is cool, and your beliefs are your own. But spend a second or two thinking about the impact first.
My role models growing up didn’t do a lot of talking. They showed me and became the examples. That’s a million times more powerful than telling. That goes for bad examples too – it doesn’t matter what you’re saying if you’re doing the opposite.
What’s involved for an organiser? Basically you’re working with the school or community group to collate details of the children receiving koha/gifts, agreeing on a process for getting those gifts from the donors to the school/group, and sharing the details of those children with the donors who sign up – this might be first names …
The Seven Day Weekend – Ricardo Semler Why are we able to answer emails on Sundays, but unable to go to the movies on Monday afternoons? – Ricardo Semler, the man. End of book. OK, that’s probably not much of a description, and I guess the point of writing these things is to encourage you …
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Deep Work – by Cal Newport. Rules for focused success in a distracted world. I’ve always been distracted. Or I’ve always daydreamed. Or I’ve always been lazy. When it comes to getting things done, those three statements can sometimes look like the same thing. Sometimes I feel like life is an amusement park with too …
Book worth reading: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. Angela Duckworth Grit: the Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckaworth. “Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.” When I was growing up in Otaki there were kids who seemed smart, and then were kids who …