Fishbird asks: what is the point of the work that you do? Your answer is the source of breakthrough.

Dean Potter Is Your New Inspiration

All we can say here is go to YouTube and find as many Dean Potter videos as you can (Check out the Sky Walker documentary). You can start out with this one. The guy looks Fear in the face and calls its bluff.

Remember the next time you think something is impossible that Dean walks slacklines with no harnesses. No nothing. Just his body and his willpower.

Trust us, it puts things into perspective.

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Jon Foreman on Making a Living

Another quality Sunday read from the lead singer of Switchfoot. Yeah, so it’s in The Huffington Post. Que será, será.

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Stay Flawed: Louis C.K. On Vision

Ever since we came upon this article earlier in the week, we’ve been reading it almost every day since. The great comedian Louis C.K. sat down with Pitchfork for an interview on, well, just about everything. A great Sunday read if you’re looking for laughs and inspiration all rolled into one tight bundle.

Our favorite quote?

“People get tired of processing life is a linear way. When you watch my show or my stand-up, you’re opening the top button on your coat and sitting back, but with your brain.”

Amen, Louis. Amen.

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On Running, Etc.

Great quote from author Haruki Murakami in his brilliant memoir, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: “The pain is inevitable. The suffering is optional.”

Hint: he’s not just talking about running.

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Taking Imagination Seriously

Beautiful, brilliant talk from Janet Echelman on moving beyond what we know to be possible.

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Go Inward for Creativity

Another great video from Big Think, this time with Rainn Wilson speaking about creativity. He’s much, much bigger than Dwight K. Schrute. A fact that Dwight would probably disagree with.

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Happiness Doesn’t Require Pursuit

It’s with us, always. Great talk by design great Stefan Sagmeister at TED Cannes. We especially like the remote-controlled culture book. Zoom zoom.

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