miscellany, by branden

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The fact that you’re in over your head, that you almost cannot will yourself to continue, that you’re completely in the dark, that you’re working yourself to an early grave, that you seem to slide two steps back for every one forward, that nothing’s ever good enough, that that your friends and family can’t understand why you’re turning yourself inside out with no apparent progress, that you yourself doubt whether you’re even capable of this…

These things don’t mean you’re failing. It’s always like this, until it isn’t.

— http://blog.asmartbear.com/chaos-at-start.html

“ In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

Love in the Time of Rioting

(Source: icanread)

“ Certain tasks and thought processes are best carried out without anyone else around, and that even the most socially motivated among us should regularly be taking time to ourselves if we want to have fully developed personalities, and be capable of focus and creative thinking.

— The power of lonely - The Boston Globe

“ Entrepreneurship is and should be irrational. You are taking on huge risks, showing immense ego, and trying something with an absurdly high failure rate.

— The “Tilt” Thing and the Case for Journalist Entrepreneurs

“ A man sees an attractive woman and wants her to notice him. Women partially value a male prospect based on his financial situation.

— The Psychology Behind Why Hot Female Employees Increase Sales

First Ever Sketch Of Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephone Concept (via CrunchGear)

Scanned copies of the 64 cards included in the Creative Whack Pack (via Atelier Subterranean - Creative Whack Pack)