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William Liao

Engaged or tethered?

About 30 minutes ago I opened the text editor on my computer to start writing, decided to open Instagram on my phone instead, and now —…

6h ago

Engaged or tethered?

6h ago

Why do you care?

One consequence of powerlifting for the last 10 years is that most pants are relatively tight to wear.

1d ago

Why do you care?

1d ago

Blank slate

I asked someone tasked with building an online education program if evaluating competitors was part of his process.

2d ago

2d ago

The Unedited Soul

In her foreward for a collection of short stories by Franz Kafka, Anne Rice wrote:

3d ago

The Unedited Soul

3d ago

“Mediocre first draft”

The critique “this is a mediocre first draft” is a bit of a redundant statement.

4d ago

“Mediocre first draft”

4d ago

Why do I believe this?

Many assertions are actually just based on gut feelings rather than fact or clear logic.

5d ago

Why do I believe this?

5d ago

The sun never left

Sometimes when metaphorical clouds cut in front of the sun, we revert to babies — tensing our bodies and exclaiming, “Why has the sun…

6d ago

The sun never left

6d ago

Remember to return

Around 5:20 this morning, everything in the forest started to wake up. It started with a few birds, and then some more, and then some more…

May 4

Remember to return

May 4

Mental Practice

There’s a really cool clip on YouTube of the Blue Angels, a U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, practicing their flight… in a…

May 2

Mental Practice

May 2

Nothing to conquer

Trying to conquer the unconquerable is a recipe for great distress.

May 1

Nothing to conquer

May 1

William Liao

William Liao

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

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