Someone asked me, “Aren’t you worried about the state of the world?” I allowed myself to breathe and then I said, “What is most important is not to allow your anxiety about what happens in the world to fill your heart. If your heart is filled with anxiety, you will get sick, and you will not be able to help.”
thich nhat hanh
“The hacking mindset flatters the part of us who’s lazy, who always wants to take the path of least resistance, who loves feeling superior to the ‘chumps’ who are taking the hard way. But, despite all our new technological advancements, life itself remains stubbornly impervious to hacking. You do not get to cheat death. You do not get to escape being human. You cannot circumvent the universal law which dictates that all goals require work, time, pain, and suffering to attain. The obstacle remains the way.”
Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: “I’m not going to edit your résumé, because it’s not a priority.” “I don’t go to the doctor because my health is not a priority.”
If these phrases don’t sit well, that’s the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.
“Regardless of how open-minded people are, they experience a subtle bias against creative ideas when faced with uncertain situations.”
Paulo Coelho
http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/05/19/inner-struggles/
“There’s no such thing as a creative type. As if creative people can just show up and make stuff up. As if it were that easy.
I think people need to be reminded that creativity is a verb, and very time-consuming verb. It’s about taking an idea in your head, and transforming that idea into something real. And that’s always going to be a long and difficult process. If you’re doing it right, it’s going to feel like work.”
– Milton Glaser, as quoted in Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine
»Work underground as long as you can.« Wer insbesondere mit Linkshirnigen zu früh über Innovationen redet, wird mit Vorschriften, Ängsten, Warnungen und Sonderprüfungen belohnt und darf Tabellen ausfüllen. Man sollte als Innovator erst mit so weitgehend fertigen Prototypen an der Oberfläche erscheinen, die so schön sind, dass sie trotz ihrer Unvorschriftsmäßigkeit gelobt und dann für erlaubt und erwünscht erklärt werden.”
http://www.designmadeingermany.de/2011/27522/
“Gewiss ist es fast noch wichtiger, wie der Mensch sein Schicksal nimmt, als wie sein Schicksal ist “
– Wilhelm von Humbold