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You will always struggle with not feeling productive until you accept that your own joy can be something you produce. It is not the only thing you will make, nor should it be, but it is something valuable and beautiful.
“The maker movement is mostly about building things (whether low-tech or high-tech), as well as creating art and music. But it’s driven by project-based, peer-to-peer learning, which tends to happen as novice “makers”
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.”
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“Be a writer, if you will Or don’t, no one will care Order your shelves, or not Kill or kiss your darlings Simply write”
― The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
― The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
“Death to Core Competency,” suggests that whatever a company’s specialty product or service might be—whatever got you to where you are today—might not be the thing that gets you to the next level.”
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
“It can be a relief to know that, in coming up with fresh ideas, we don’t have to invent from scratch; we can draw upon what already exists and use that as raw material. The key may lie in connecting those bits and pieces in a clever, unusual, and useful way, resulting in (to use a term that seems to have39 originated with the British designer John Thackara) smart recombinations.”
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
― A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
Charles’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Charles’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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224 friends
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209 friends
5,002 books
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1,089 friends
521 books
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118 friends
1,444 books
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48 friends
1,570 books
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200 friends
1,389 books
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130 friends
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