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William Liao

Yesterday is irrelevant

On any given day, every action we take serves as a sort of Mad Lib that fills the back end of the following statement:

9h ago

Yesterday is irrelevant

9h ago

Take a progress hiatus

Not every day has to exist in service of personal growth or driving forward whatever goals you happen to have.

1d ago

Take a progress hiatus

1d ago

What needs revisiting?

The fate of most resolutions is that they last for a short awhile but then we eventually forget them.

2d ago

What needs revisiting?

2d ago

What do you really need to do?

Do you really need to read another guide or build another system? Or do you just need to start?

3d ago

What do you really need to do?

3d ago

What if you can figure it out?

Marie Forleo has a wonderful phrase that she uses all the time:

4d ago

What if you can figure it out?

4d ago

What are we playing today?

As we get older, it’s easy to fall into the trap of deferring play until the problem we’re facing is solved.

5d ago

What are we playing today?

5d ago

What do you care?

This morning I found myself white-knuckling my keyboard, cortisol flooding my system over code that wouldn’t work. The spiral is familiar —…

6d ago

What do you care?

6d ago

Which instinct?

Part of why I moved to a city is to be able to walk around more freely, versus feeling constrained in a more suburban setting.

Jul 6

Which instinct?

Jul 6

The Dustman’s Dilemma

Imagine a man who obsesses over dust on his shirt.

Jul 5

The Dustman’s Dilemma

Jul 5

Is convention getting in the way?

If a competitor in a hot dog eating competition ate hot dogs how the majority of the population eats them — that is with the dog inside…

Jul 4

Is convention getting in the way?

Jul 4

William Liao

William Liao

Taiwanese American, daily blogger of ideas about impactful work in service of others, photographer (ephemera.photography)

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