The Wisdomous

The Wisdomous

The tyranny of the mood
This is the secret that separates people who make things from people who merely intend to.
20 hrs ago • Written by NY Ivan
How limits channel emotional intensity into output
Boundaries transform energy into form.
Jul 21 • Written by NY Ivan
Envy is a map to the territory you have been avoiding.
Jul 20 • Written by NY Ivan
Dysfunction is not the price of genius.
Dysfunction is not the price of genius. But the data tells a different story.
Jul 16 • Written by NY Ivan
The feeling you're avoiding
The problem is that feelings do not expire when they are ignored.
Jul 16 • Written by NY Ivan
Feelings as data
What is this trying to tell me, and is it right this time?
Jul 15 • Written by NY Ivan
How to train the brain to switch between feeling and doing (cognitive flexibility)
The best creators don't stay in one mode. They dance between immersion and execution.
Jul 14 • Written by NY Ivan
Promise Yourself by Seth Godin
You are not stuck in traffic; you are traffic.
Jul 13 • Written by NY Ivan
How to overcome the emotional barrier to entry
The hardest part of creating isn't making it good. It's allowing it to be terrible first.
Jul 9 • Written by NY Ivan
The utility of sadness in deep work
The power of productive melancholy
Jul 7 • Written by NY Ivan
Why our internal navigation system fails us at the precise moment the stakes are raised.
In moments of acute crisis, our biological threat-response system frequently lobotomizes the very faculties we need to survive.
Jul 4 • Written by NY Ivan
How to name what you feel
“The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.” — Audre Lorde
Jul 2 • Written by NY Ivan
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