Important Update

Hello everyone. Off the bat, last week I did not send out my newsletter. And if you are wondering, I did not forget. I think I might be burnt out. In light of this development, I’d be pausing this newsletter for a while.

Part of me wants to pause this. Another part wants me to continue. However, I’ve come to accept that I haven’t been giving this newsletter the thought and attention I think it deserves. ¹So, instead of writing half-heartedly, I am better off taking time off and coming back only when I have a strong itch to write again.²

David Perell @david_perell

Inspiration is perishable. Strike while the flame is hot. Don’t wait. The candle of inspiration will help you push through the challenges of creating something. Don’t let the flame die out.

Since I still have a brain freeze- I thought I had what I wanted to write fleshed out in my head³ - here is a list of readings you might find interesting.

1. Against 3X Speed

2. So you're thinking about writing on the internet

Duality of Self

Self-learning and the power of autodidacticism

Finally, a quote

“We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans — because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings. That’s why we paint, that’s why we dare to love someone- because we have the impulse to explain who we are. Not just how tall we are, or thin… but who we are internally… perhaps even spiritually. There’s something, which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.”

— Maya Angelou

1. It is not a lack of ideas that is preventing me. It is that I haven’t taken the time to synthesise these ideas.

2. This used to happen every two weeks when I wasn’t writing weekly. Now I write almost every day for a project

3. Always write down your thoughts. Because inspiration is like steam, it evaporates if you don’t collect it.