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maradoLagging 9 years behind (and it feels too much), but my #fridayreads is @pluralistic 's #Walkaway, a book I bought as soon as it was out and now I wish I hadn't postponed its reading for so long...
RocJaneThe moment you realize
you can walk away…
without begging…
without chasing…
that’s when you take your power back.
Walking away is power.
#Shorts #WalkAway #SelfPower #Confidence #LetThemGo #CatWisdom #MindsetShift #ProfessorWhiskers
apiechaPainting on paper, 20 x 30 cm: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#painting #mentalCinema #contemporaryArt #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #acrylicColours #climateActionNow #saveBioDiversity #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #NoRacism #noAFD #NoFascism #heart #anatomy #innerOrgans #innerLife #introspection #heartbeat #love #symbol #feelings #emotions #dancer #masculinity #emancipation #walkAway #turningAway #despair
#painting #mentalCinema #contemporaryArt #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #acrylicColours #climateActionNow #saveBioDiversity #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #NoRacism #noAFD #NoFascism #heart #anatomy #innerOrgans #innerLife #introspection #heartbeat #love #symbol #feelings #emotions #dancer #masculinity #emancipation #walkAway #turningAway #despair
Futurist Jim Carroll"Never trade your future reputation for a short-term paycheck" - Futurist Jim Carroll
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Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
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When you are working on your own, you are tempted to chase every single opportunity - but often,you should question if you should.
Think about it - in the global freelance economy, the temptation is to be a mercenary. To chase the quick win, the easy gig, or the trendy buzzword that pays today but disappears tomorrow. But in my 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the Infinite Pivot is only possible if you plan to make sure your reputation is one of your most important assets.
In my career, I’ve walked away from lucrative opportunities because they didn't align with what I thought I should be doing. I’ve turned down gigs that would have compromised my voice for a short-term gain - those that were from obvious hustlers promoting conferences or events that seemed rather shady or dubious. Why? Because when the world shifts—and it always does—your only real security is the integrity of your long-term perspective.
A few weeks ago, I turned down an inquiry from a tobacco company. A few years back, I told a client I wouldn't take on the topic they wanted around cryptocurrency because I thought they were pretty unrealistic with what they wanted me to promise. (I turned out to be right.) I've passed on certain healthcare events where the topic bordered on fraud. Beyond that, I feel pretty confident to say that I can easily discern a hustler as soon as they start talking with me or send an email. It's an invaluable skill.
Short-termism is a trap. It makes you a slave to the current market cycle, or being associated with things you shouldn't be associated with.
Most profound pivots don't happen in a vacuum; they happen because you’ve spent 30 years building a foundation of trust. People don't just listen to me because of the data; they listen because I’ve been consistently right about the direction of the curve for three and a half decades. That kind of authority can't be bought; it can only be built, stone by stone.
When you build for the long term, the short-term disruptions become minor weather events rather than catastrophic storms.
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**#Reputation** **#Integrity** **#LongTerm** **#Trust** **#Values** **#ShortTerm** **#Ethics** **#Character** **#Authority** **#Foundation** **#Pivot** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Decisions** **#WalkAway** **#Authenticity** **#Consistency** **#Building** **#Future** **#Legacy** **#Wisdom** **#Discernment** **#Standards** **#Stone** **#Onwards**
WIST QuotationsSay farewell to luck when winning: it is the way of the gamblers of reputation: quite as important as a gallant advance is a well-planned retreat, wherefore lock up your winnings when they are enough, or when great.
[Saberse dejar ganando con la fortuna. Es de tahúres de reputación. Tanto importa una bella retirada como una bizarra acometida; un poner en cobro las hazañas cuando fueren bastantes, cuando muchas.]
[Saberse dejar ganando con la fortuna. Es de tahúres de reputación. Tanto importa una bella retirada como una bizarra acometida; un poner en cobro las hazañas cuando fueren bastantes, cuando muchas.]
Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 38 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #chance #fortune #gambling #luck #quit #retreat #selfcontrol #selfdiscipline #sufficiency #walkaway #winning #withdrawal #enterprise #attack
Gracián, Baltasar - The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 38 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)] | WIST Quotations
Say farewell to luck when winning: it is the way of the gamblers of reputation: quite as important as a gallant advance is a well-planned retreat, wherefore lock up your winnings when they are enough, or when great. [Saberse dejar ganando con la fortuna. Es de tahúres de reputación. Tanto…
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#OMN (Open Media Network)A Note on “Security” for the #FOSS Crew
We need to have a clearer, more grounded conversation about “security” and what it actually means in the context of the #openweb. There is a long history of thinking in #FOSS spaces that security is something we can solve purely technically: better encryption, better protocols, better architectures. But in everyday life and practice, people need to work from a much simpler starting point - We do not trust client–server security. We only meaningfully trust what can be verified through […]https://hamishcampbell.com/a-note-on-security-to-the-foss-crew/
nojaramaHappy anniversary to The Sisters of Mercy’s debut album, ‘First and Last and Always’. Released this week in 1985. #thesistersofmercy #firstandlastandalways #walkaway #notimetocry #blackplanet
z_4narchist...they tried to turn my sharp vison into their shadowy weapon.
...wanted to blind my focus with metals and ribbons.
when the high test scores became reality, they wanted to see fatalities as proof of unearned loyalty...but something about their energy never sat quite right with me.
perched in my nest, they chirruped "show youre the best", and the tone of command tightened my chest.
disable?, i checked...
"eliminate the threat"
i only see a family and head taps are for zombies, i dared to quip
"however you need to see them to make a clean hit"
their calm cool cruelty i could not take, and the price they asked i could not pay.
...i smashed my scope and walked away, making my head the target the very same day.
#sniperclass #veteran but #iamnotyourweapon
#sheathyoursword #walkaway #resistanceisntfutile
...wanted to blind my focus with metals and ribbons.
when the high test scores became reality, they wanted to see fatalities as proof of unearned loyalty...but something about their energy never sat quite right with me.
perched in my nest, they chirruped "show youre the best", and the tone of command tightened my chest.
disable?, i checked...
"eliminate the threat"
i only see a family and head taps are for zombies, i dared to quip
"however you need to see them to make a clean hit"
their calm cool cruelty i could not take, and the price they asked i could not pay.
...i smashed my scope and walked away, making my head the target the very same day.
#sniperclass #veteran but #iamnotyourweapon
#sheathyoursword #walkaway #resistanceisntfutile