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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 27 Feb 1860 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under government government Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under Psychodynamic therapy Psychodynamic therapy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: One should be heedless in the pursuit of desires while ensuring those desires do not become the direct target of one's efforts. One should be heedless in the pursuit ofdesires while ensuring those desires donot become the direct target of one'sefforts. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Aug 2026 JW John Warner — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: We hope things turn out as we want but fail to do what is needed to make them real — tap to centre the map on it We hope things turn out as we wantbut fail to do what is needed tomake them real JW John Wooden — holds since c. 2001 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them. — tap to centre the map on it Being told to be realistic aboutyour ambitions is how ambitionsfail; the boundaries people acceptabout what they can do are the onesthat stop them. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wish for things to happen as they do, not as you would like, and life will flow tranquilly — tap to centre the map on it Wish for things to happen as theydo, not as you would like, and lifewill flow tranquilly EP Epictetus — holds since c. 89–135 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: The desire to feel right overpowers the desire to be right, because the ego pushes toward feeling right at the expense of being right. — tap to centre the map on it The desire to feel right overpowersthe desire to be right, because theego pushes toward feeling right atthe expense of being right. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Oct 2023 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The aim should be lifelong progress toward being happier, not a search for pure happiness. — tap to centre the map on it The aim should be lifelong progresstoward being happier, not a searchfor pure happiness. Last stated 3 years ago 12 Apr 2024 AB Arthur C. Brooks — holds since 2024-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ruler should wish to be both loved and feared, but if one must be given up it is much safer to be feared — tap to centre the map on it A ruler should wish to be both lovedand feared, but if one must be givenup it is much safer to be feared NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are not bound to follow everything the founders did; that would reject all progress and current experience — tap to centre the map on it We are not bound to followeverything the founders did; thatwould reject all progress andcurrent experience Last stated 167 years ago 27 Feb 1860 AL Abraham Lincoln — holds since 1860-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person strives for value and meaning, not for pleasure — tap to centre the map on it A person strives for value andmeaning, not for pleasure VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1950–1997 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — 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 a month 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 16 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
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At the centre One should be heedless in the pursuit of desires while ensuring those desires do not become the direct target of one's efforts. Last stated 30 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago Holds John Warner Read this korrent →