Writing
Scattered notes from things I built, measured, broke, or eventually understood.
Healing elfs.
I was told by a friend today that he sends healing elfs to a dog that he’s never met. I asked him how he does it, and he explained it…
There’s an easy argument for why information doesn’t make us any more knowledgable.
Knowledge is a processed version of information. That is just as your furniture is a processed version of wood. For it to become furniture…
High ambitions.
My girlfriend in high school had great ambitions for herself. She had her whole life planned out, wanting to move to NYC and live in a…
On placebos.
Coffee makes you focus better. It’s been scientifically proven. What’s also been proven is that if you think it’s going to help you focus…
Ask.
Ask questions.
On family.
Family doesn’t have to be about a bond of blood. It could just as well be a concept summing up a group highly prioritised by you. That…
Environment doesn’t exist without a subject.
The most curious insight came to me in a conversation the other day, served on a silver plate. He said:
Focus and the ability to create knowledge.
The ability to get good at something heavily correlates with how good you are at keeping your focus at something for an extended period of…
Tempo in thoughts and action.
Macro patience, micro speed has been very important to me for the past couple of weeks. Looking at things on both a macro and a micro…
Two loops
As I’ve previously written about, change never happens without a perceived need for it. In order for it to be perceived, there need to be…
Belonging.
For a long time, I’ve had a hard time understanding people talking about belonging as something they need to work on. People who’ve talked…
On true thoughts.
– Do you want me to tell you a little secret?
On Family
Who’s your family?
Being a teacher.
I want to become a teacher. Rather, I want to become a person to which people come and ask for help with things that I seemingly know more…
An invitation.
I had a talk with a friend the other day, and talked about how I’m currently slowing down in life, giving things time and space to emerge…
Prototype.
I’ve spent the day thinking broadly about design and about business. About designing a solution to a problem that I myself or someone in…
The power of silence.
There’s something profound happening when silence is shared. When people jointly take a moment to be together without any formal…
Plans.
Some people despise them.
Vacation.
I’m useless at planning my vacation. I don’t want one and I usually don’t need one when it’s time to plan one. Fortunately, I have an…
Optimism vs positivity.
A friend of mine said he tried to be an optimist the other day. I was intrigued, and he told me about it. This one day, he forgot that he…
A guide on writing a book.
Start writing.
Om att bara vara.
Om ett möte som råkade bli.
Optimism is macro.
The reason for many of you having to struggle with your optimism is because of two things.
När det blir tyst blir det riktigt tyst.
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