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← Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 17 Oct 2007 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under discipline discipline Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not Achievement is wonderful when you know whyyou pursue it, and a trap when you do not Last stated 11 years ago 27 May 2015 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2015-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Success is probably measured wrongly when it is judged by the amount of output or the quality of that output. — tap to centre the map on it Success is probably measured wronglywhen it is judged by the amount ofoutput or the quality of thatoutput. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Jul 2026 PS Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Aiming to make an objectively great work is the wrong goal; make the best you can now and treat it as one of many. — tap to centre the map on it Aiming to make an objectively greatwork is the wrong goal; make thebest you can now and treat it as oneof many. Last stated 4 years ago 14 Dec 2022 DY Derek Yu — holds since 2022-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is good that the search for understanding will never end, since there will always be new discovery; without it we would stagnate. — tap to centre the map on it It is good that the search forunderstanding will never end, sincethere will always be new discovery;without it we would stagnate. SH Stephen Hawking — holds since c. 2002 — tap for who they are Same subject: A discovery you can see your way through to is impossible to abandon, even out of a real fear that it will be misused. — tap to centre the map on it A discovery you can see your waythrough to is impossible to abandon,even out of a real fear that it willbe misused. Last stated a year ago 5 May 2025 JL Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company's edge comes from discovering valuable unknown truths, because knowing what others do not is what lets you do what others cannot. — tap to centre the map on it A company's edge comes fromdiscovering valuable unknown truths,because knowing what others do notis what lets you do what otherscannot. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 TK Travis Kalanick — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The struggle of making something is not an obstacle in front of the work; it is where the meaning comes from. — tap to centre the map on it The struggle of making something isnot an obstacle in front of thework; it is where the meaning comesfrom. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Aug 2023 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2023-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: To get people to understand that artful work is worth doing, you need to do it and have it work: showing, not telling. — tap to centre the map on it To get people to understand thatartful work is worth doing, you needto do it and have it work: showing,not telling. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 NF Nev Flynn — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown. — tap to centre the map on it A feeling outlasts the memory ofwhat caused it: amnesic patientsstayed sad long after they hadforgotten the sad film they wereshown. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 RA Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology. — tap to centre the map on it A person cannot expect to findlasting balance between conflictingparts of their psychology. Last stated 4 months ago 11 Jun 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents will need persistent unique identifiers that trace their actions back to a responsible actor, and so will the humans directing them. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents will need persistentunique identifiers that trace theiractions back to a responsible actor,and so will the humans directingthem. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 DB Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 15 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not Last stated 27 May 2015 · 11 years ago Holds Natalie Portman Read this korrent →