Jun 12 • 2 min read
A piece of my heart
From: Augustine Asiuwhu, gop@augustineasiuwhu.com
To: Augustine Asiuwhu, gop@augustineasiuwhu.com
Date: Thursday, February 2, 2025 at 11:08PM
Time is the most important asset. Time does not equal money. Time equals life. And you only have one chance to make it right. Every human being is fighting a battle inside themselves. It's your obligation to help and inspire them. Regardless of what you do, you can always inspire others to do good. Nobody is better than you. And you're not better than anybody else. Be humble. Being in the comfort zone is wonderful, but nothing ever grows there. Keep studying. Keep creating. Haters will come if you have the audacity to build something new. Don't let them define you. Don't let them stop you. Just block them and keep going. Don't expect others to make you happy. You are the only one responsible for your happiness. Don't wait until Friday to enjoy life. Joy should be present in everything you do. Be kind to your parents. They gave up many things for you. Having hundreds of people admiring you is worthless, if you're not admired by your own family. Don't fear the unknown. Fear knowing everything. Life is too damn short and every day counts. Do what you wanna do and do it now. Tick-tock don't stop. Tick-tock don't wait. - by Zeno & Carol
Obsession is greater than discipline. You don't force yourself to start. You force yourself to stop. The right work doesn't feel like work. It lives in your mind like a separate entity. Always on. Always hungry. Never letting you quit the game. This is not about showing up. This is not about 'consistency' This is an unrelenting, uncontrollable addiction to craft. It's intensity meets iteration. It's a religious devotion to the details. It's an art, a sport, a pursuit- that feels too good to be true. But it is true. Your one job in life is to find work that feels like a miracle. Some find it early. Some find it late. Some never do. But once you do see it- there is a before and after moment. It all makes sense. And then, the mission becomes simple.
Quotes
An ordered list of quotes i've found the most interesting/inspiring.
- You can't learn everything, but you have to convince yourself that you can learn anything." - John Carmack
- I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou
- I am learning to live my life asking for forgiveness rather than asking for permission
- Intelligence is the efficiency in which you turn a sampling of experiences into generalized programs." - François Chollet
- You're supposed to pour your life force into something and it's not supposed to always be easy." - Sam Altman
- A beautiful product that solves a problem no one has will fail. An ugly product that solves a real problem well can succeed." - Paul Adams
- You have to figure out what you want. You're living your life, and not someone else's.
- Greatest skill one can develop is decreasing the time between idea and execution." It will bring you everything you want in life
- It's you. You are the one to make the change. Step up. Do it. It's your job.
- A year from now you wish you had started today.
- If you want to be wrong - ask everybody
- Everywhere is nowhere
- Shoot for moon! Land among the stars!
- Exploring Design the human way, designing to delight our species.
- Design has always captivated me. It's the language that humans use to express the universe within us