The most effective networking strategy I’ve found has nothing to do with conferences, cocktail hours, cold emails, or any of the common ideas you hear. 1) Do interesting things. 2) Share them publicly. Like-minded people will come to you.

A bit random, but I just want to encourage young people to take as many photos of mundane events and friends and everyday happenings as they can. Not just photos where everyone is dressed up for a thing, but some of the ordinary stuff too.

if you’re someone who easily falls into the spiral of thinking you’re not good enough, documenting your work, hobbies, the things you do can be a really good idea. on days you feel like an imposter, you can look back and see how much you’ve actually done and how far you’ve come.

In the pursuit of growth, one must be careful not to drift too far from the shores of perfectionism, only to end up drowning in mediocrity. There’s virtue in giving yourself permission to start messy and show up unpolished. After all, every craft demands its awkward beginnings,

The fastest way to become appropriately confident is to become dangerously competent.

Endings used to terrify me, but now they excite me because I understand they signify the birth of something new. You’re not losing anything that’s genuinely meant for you! Embrace the joy in concluding things 🤍

This video was posted by Al Jazeera in 2018. Posting this for everyone who doesn’t know the story.

1930's stork embroidery scissors by french master scissor maker Jean Marie Roulot, Nogent.

I said it and I’m saying it again that the “illusion of choice” and the lack of willingness to put in the work required with dealing with humans is a major problem in our approach to relationships and friendships in this our generation.

Strongly agree. Went to Oxford to speak to some African scholars from this year’s cohort and this was the crux of my message. You should be going to bed tired after a long day of giving yourself fully to your passions and studies and hobbies. That is how to truly live.

Unfortunately one of the most effective ways to train your child to be confident and challenge the status quo and question authority in their adulthood, is to allow your child to challenge YOU and question YOU as a child. There's ways to do this healthily. Not easy but doable.

The idea that you'll meet someone, skip the small talk, and go straight to the meaning of life is very romantic -- and sometimes it happens -- but something I've learned in my thirties that I was too stupid to understand in my twenties is that mastering the art of small talk is

Nothing offers true freedom apart from Jesus Christ. Not love, not power, not money, not even sexual liberty. All counterfeit gods.

Sin is a slippery slope. First, you rationalize it, then you become proud, and your heart gets hardened. Riches, fame, and intelligence will fail. Even the strongest of wills. But grace of Jesus will help you now and save you eternally, if you open your heart to Him. Please do.

Your disposition as a Christian in the face of evil and it's consequences should be one of radical humility. If not for Jesus Christ, your fate would be the same. Again, you have no right to boast or to be prideful, it is Jesus that saved you, not your works, not your goodness.

Thinking about the future gets me really excited and when I stumble on bits from past, I feel happy and grateful. There are consistent themes in my life and I’m very pleased that I have chosen and pursued them.

Corn in all its colors

i think one of the healthiest things i've ever learned is that you should allow others to reintroduce themselves to you, even your closest friends. Give people space to become who they are without assuming you know who they are just because you've been friends/family for years.