You Are Here (for Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way
Adam J. Kurtz
Top 10 Best Quotes
“People love to attribute success to hard work, and that’s a huge part of it. Most things don’t happen by accident and are the product of effort. But so much relies on good timing, whether that’s being in the right place at any given moment, being uniquely positioned for an opportunity, or just connecting with another person at the exact right time for them, in their lives, too.”
“It’s hard to have patience, especially when you aren’t actually sure what you’re waiting for. Have you ever felt ready for the next thing, but not sure what that thing is?”
“Great displays of power are often surprisingly quiet.”
“You may realize that they way forward is to shed other parts of who you thought you were or what you thought was important—to make space for new information or identities.”
“You may realize that the way forward is to shed other parts of who you thought you were or what you thought was important—to make space for new information or identities.”
“You may find yourself forced to adapt to the new reality despite being changed in a foundational way. The impulse is to want to "go back to normal," but this endless adapting IS normal.”
“You can try to organize your experience but you can not actually control time itself. Try to enjoy moments of rest when they come. The waiting is part of it.”
“While it's true you don't have all THE time in the world, you do have all YOUR time in the world. You have literally your entire life to live with yourself, to adapt, and to accomplish goals.”
“When looking inward, you can know the whole story. When it comes to others, there are huge gaps. There's too much about individual journey and motivation and resources and progress that we don't and can't know. Even if you do have insight (such as "healthy" competition with a colleague or teammate) there's still so much that simply doesn't correlate directly.”
“Unsolicited measurements from a system that can’t ever speak to our individual value, and in fact prefers to group us by category and filter us through an algorithm so they can serve us up to advertisers. The immediacy of this whole process makes the false equivalency plainly obvious.”
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