Most intellectually demanding work will require the equivalent of 300pg/day in reading and writing, decision making, and comms on top of that. So if you can't read 300 pages a day, start sorting it out now.
You must learn to see what others cannot, and then develop the ability to articulate it with such fidelity that neither the integrity of your vision nor the understanding of your audience is compromised.
Creativity often bears an uncomfortable resemblance to lunacy.
I might've finally started appreciating college life. If nothing else, these mfs never let me just 'be' sad. College, hostel is so relentlessly alive that it keeps interrupting my sadness. There's always something more engaging happening than my melancholy,
I'm pretty sure the average person could go from zero knowledge to a graduate EE-level of knowledge very quickly. If you want to get into board design, this book is the place to start learning the fundamentals. Learn this book. This time next year, you can be totally up to speed.
Be extremely good at something. Art. Music. Writing. Cooking. Fashion. Just be good at something, my friend. I promise you no one can take this from you. In this dark place, it'll be your light.
Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath "Bro, there is no failure."
"That is what other people think of you to keep you down. There's no failure. If you were left on an island and it happened, you would just brush it off and move on. It's everybody else that you think is judging you. But then, here's the secret. They don't give a fuck about you. They are living their own lives. So it's your perception of what they think of you."
"There is no failure. There's do and learn. Do and learn. Do and learn. Do and learn."
@StanfordAILab
that's what I keep saying. watch Fight Club. watch James Bond. watch Into the Wild. you'll start acting like the main character and over time adapt certain traits as your own. you're brainwashing yourself for a better life. use movies, but use them delicately.
The next time you’re feeling down, remember it's all about perspective. I got a friend who reads 2-3 books a week, works out twice a day, has no financial worries, & has people who want to have sex with him all the time & yet he constantly complains about how much he hates prison