I think you need to be a little in loveโnot necessarily in a romantic sense, although that helpsโbut to be in love with the reality of your own life.
Maria PopovaCuration is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world.
Maria PopovaTo understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them
Maria PopovaElegant and lucid . . . a pitch-perfect clarion call, issued not with preachy hubris but from a deep place of humility, for awakening to the greatest rewards of living . . . The Road to Character is an essential read in its entirety-Anne Lamott with a harder edge of moral philosophy, Seneca with a softer edge of spiritual sensitivity, E. F. Schumacher for perplexed moderns.
Maria PopovaOne of my jobs was at a start-up ad agency. They were trying to do things differently, work with socially conscious clients, and to really be a more creative take on advertising than the industry itself. But I noticed that what the guys at the office were circulating for inspiration still came from within the ad industry. I thought that was really counterintuitive - to only borrow inspiration from within your own industry.
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