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Everything that turned out well in my life followed the same design process
The context is smarter than you.
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Henrik Karlsson
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Sometimes the reason you can’t find people you resonate with is because you misread the ones you meet
Sometimes two people will stand next to each other for fifteen years, both feeling out of place and alone, like no one gets them, and then one day, they…
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Looking for Alice
Not dating
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Henrik Karlsson
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6 lessons about agency I learned working at an art gallery
1. It is possible to turn a mediocre job into a great one
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Henrik Karlsson
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Childhoods of exceptional people
Let's do more of those
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Henrik Karlsson
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Dostoevsky as lover
Looking for Alice, part 2
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Henrik Karlsson
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A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox
When writing in public, there is a common idea that you should make it accessible. This is a left over from mass media.
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Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog
What’s odd about you is what’s interesting.
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Henrik Karlsson
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How to think in writing
Part 1: The thought behind the thought
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Almost everyone I’ve met would be well-served thinking more about what to focus on
Including me
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Henrik Karlsson
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Relationships are coevolutionary loops
Looking for Alice, part 3
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Henrik Karlsson
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Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born
Solitary work, creativity and larval ideas
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Henrik Karlsson
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