Amit Leshed

Independent writer.
Jazz musician & software engineer.

[Amit Leshed @AmitLeshed]

Happy to have my essay "Imageocracy" selected for the New York Journal of Philosophy!

“Desire and ambition can use reason as an attorney, not as a guide.“

Give it a read!

https://t.co/7BTsUeNAiA

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What drives us?

Is it ambition? The desire to become important, successful, admired, and leave our dent on the universe?

Or is it anxiety? The fear of failing to become those things. The fear of being left behind. The fear of becoming invisible, ordinary, unsuccessful.

Or is there a third force entirely?

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🚀 NEW GEM — ActsAsActive
Plug-and-play activity tracking for Rails models. Tracks lifecycle events → daily counts, streaks, heatmaps. Works w/ Postgres/MySQL/SQLite, ships w/ metadata + generators.

Try it out 👉 https://t.co/PgYfSSsyD8

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@ramit Free time

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@ShinoKouda Pretty much the same as scopes, isn't it?

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“Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice you can do.”

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Giving 100% percent constantly is unsustainable.

Come up with a balanced routine in which you do your best for the day without burning yourself out.

This way, you could go on a lifetime.

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@orangebook That’s what professional means

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“Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice you can do.”

[Amit Leshed @AmitLeshed]

The only thing stands in your way to fulfilling your dreams is self-doubt.

Fail often so fear won't paralyze.

Surround yourself with the best so you can learn quicker.

Soon you'll stop failing and will just enjoy your craft.

[Amit Leshed @AmitLeshed]

Giving 100% percent constantly is unsustainable.

Come up with a balanced routine in which you do your best for the day without burning yourself out.

This way, you could go on a lifetime.

[Amit Leshed @AmitLeshed]

Peace is not a place you arrive, it's a craft you practice.

[Amit Leshed @AmitLeshed]

Meditate so you can reconnect with the universe and remind yourself you're not the body.

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@orangebook The real talent is practice and long term vision of what you can become.

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@orangebook It’s easy though to feel too good about yourself just because the standards are too low out there.

Surround yourself with the best.
Humble yourself down.

Practice time.

[Amit Leshed @AmitLeshed]

“The five colors make man's eyes blind, the five notes make his ears deaf, the five tastes injure his palate.”

[Amit Leshed @AmitLeshed]

Meditate so you can reconnect with the universe and remind yourself you're not the body.

[Amit Leshed @AmitLeshed]

Peace is not a place you arrive, it's a craft you practice.

[Amit Leshed @AmitLeshed]

He who overthinks should concentrate on doing.

He who overdoes should concentrate on thinking.