“Avoid getting into the business of manufacturing trombone oil. You may become the greatest trombone-oil manufacturer in the world, but in the end, the world only consumes a few quarts of trombone oil a year!”
—Dan Burke, former boss of Bob Iger
“What we experience as the self is completely bound to others, determined not by essential qualities, but by relationships. We are the fluid product of our interactions with others.”
— Jenny Odell
“When God can raise the dead, not even death is the end. Resurrection and forgiveness mean the future is always an open source of surprise.”
How to Inhabit Time, James K.A. Smith, p 41
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were those who thought most of the next… It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this [world]. - CS Lewis
Often when we reach out to those who are suffering, we reduce our relationship with them to one of pure ministry. Sadly, that has the effect of causing sufferers to feel like nothing more than a problem that needs to be fixed. Bringing good/fun things into a dark life is a gift.
"Nearly everything in life is unfavorable once it grows to a certain size.
It is entirely possible to have too many clients, too much work, too much fame, too much free time, and so on.
Pay attention to when the thing you're chasing exceeds its usefulness."
–@JamesClear
"Finishing projects is part of what it means to deliver high quality work. It's not high quality if your perfectionism prevents you from finishing."
–@JamesClear
"Not being busy is a competitive advantage.
Most people are so strapped for time they can't take advantage of lucky opportunities or quickly resolve unexpected problems.
Maintain a bias toward action, but leave room for the unexpected."
–@JamesClear
What had they done? He thought that in the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime but he took small comfort from it.
— The Road, Cormac McCarthy, page 33