Forget the Spark—there’s a Better Way

March 24, 2025

Highlights

Work becomes great when curiosity drives it beyond obligation.


The best essays begin with curiosity, not certainty; they’re a journey of discovery for both writer and reader.


When we lack real problems, we create imaginary ones; when we lack meaningful work, we perfect the unimportant.


But once you are alone with a book, and it’s also true with a picture or with music, all those defenses drop and you can enter into a quite different space where you will learn to think differently about yourself.”