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Ambitious people compete insanely hard to accumulate options for the future, instead of figuring out what they really want to do and doing it

A Day of Mindfulness
A Day of Mindfulness
Quit Your Job
Quit Your Job
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"There's lots of ways to be as a person, people express their deep appreciation in different ways, one of the ways I believe people express their appreciation to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful and put it out there and you never meet these people, you never shake their hands, you never hear their story or tell yours, but some how in the act of making something with a great deal of care and love, some thing is transmitted there and it's a way of expressing to the rest of our species our deep appreciation. "

Virgil Abloh's Lecture at Harvard's Graduate School of Design
Virgil Abloh's Lecture at Harvard's Gra… 
Virgil Abloh
Virgil Abloh 

The study of history is particularly important for technologists for two reasons: first, because a deep understanding of the past puts you in a powerful position to shape the future, and second, because an inadequate understanding of history might lead to technological disruption that is actively harmful.

how much of an obligation you feel to leave the door open behind you usually directly maps to how hard it was for you to open that door yourself

MJL: That’s actually the vital part, because I think that’s when you show up. Showing up every day and having integrity about the way you live your life: that’s really the magic, because the ending and the beginning and the expectation and the outcome—all that stuff is nonsense. It really is. I know so many people who work really hard and don’t get those things. If you show up every day, keep your word, be somebody who has dignity in the way you comport yourself, that’s quite astonishing.

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