stuff tagged with "growth"
Growth fills the hole left by the death of intrinsic purpose. It provides a default answer to "what should I do today?" which is simply "more than I did yesterday." It’s a low-barrier-to-entry faith; you don't need to study texts, you just need to hustle.
I believe pretty strongly that your overarching aim in life and work is to always be making yourself obsolete.
The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.
There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.
Stop trying to borrow wisdom and think for yourself. Face your difficulties and think and think and think and solve your problems yourself. Suffering and difficulties provide opportunities to become better. Success is never giving up.
It never gets easier, you just get faster.
