Once upon a time, I said, Be here now.
And then I rested, interconnected.
And I said, Be excellent.
WHAT?!
And then I read,
Somewhere in there, rakeshlobster tweeted…
Great career advice from @sv_troutgirl to @joshelman:Be who you are, as hard as you can.
So I tweeted…
I believe “Be who you are, as hard as you can” originated from @naval.
And Rocky thanked Naval and so did Josh…
That was the most meaningful advice I’ve had in a long time.
So I tweeted…
“Be who you are, as hard as you can” is so easy to say and so hard to do. It takes courage.
And Naval reminded me…
Easiest when you are cast out and have no choice.
He also said to listen to people whose opinion you value.
The key word in everything I’ve said till now: COURAGE.
It takes courage to grow up
and become who you really are.
and become who you really are.
See, there’s always a tension between being and becoming.
To be who you are, you gotta get yourself some rituals:
Once you are who you are, as hard as you can, you can focus on learning more and continually improve yourself.
How can you continually improve yourself?
Bakadesuyo highlights his most interesting research:
ifindkarma. elegance is refusal. 