<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Do nothing out of guilt, do nothing for prestige or money or status or approval alone.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Be generous. Be generous with your time, with your resources, with giving credit but most of all with your words.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Build pockets of stillness into your life. Meditate, run, go for a walk. Be as religious about your sleep as you are about your work.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">When people try to show you who YOU are do not believe them.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Expect anything worthwhile to take a long time.</li></ol>

7 things Maria Popova learned in 7 years of reading, writing and living

As part of CreativeMornings' fifth birthday, Maria Popova gives her best advice. Maria Popova at CreativeMornings New York, October 2013. Free events like this one are hosted every month in dozens of cities. Discover hundreds of talks from the world's creative community at http://creativemornings.com/talks Don't miss a video. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1jeJwut Follow CreativeMornings: http://twitter.com/creativemornings http://facebook.com/creativemornings

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Personal Development

As part of CreativeMornings' fifth birthday, Maria Popova gives her best advice.

Maria Popova at CreativeMornings New York, October 2013. Free events like this one are hosted every month in dozens of cities. Discover hundreds of talks from the world's creative community at http://creativemornings.com/talks

Don't miss a video. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1jeJwut

Follow CreativeMornings:
http://twitter.com/creativemornings
http://facebook.com/creativemornings

CreativeMornings is a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. 

In 2008, Tina Roth Eisenberg (Swissmiss) started CreativeMornings out of a desire for an ongoing, accessible event for New York’s creative community. The concept was simple: breakfast and a short talk one Friday morning a month. Every event would be free of charge and open to anyone.

Today, attendees gather in cities around the world to enjoy fresh coffee, friendly people, and an international array of breakfast foods. Volunteer hosts and their team members organize local chapters that not only celebrate a city’s creative talent, but also promote an open space to connect with like-minded individuals.

The growing archive of past breakfast talks is humbling. From design legends to hometown heroes, speakers are selected by each chapter based on a global theme. CreativeMornings remains free thanks to the support of local sponsors, generous venues, and longterm partners.

Maria Popova: 7 Things I Learned

7 things Maria Popova learned in 7 years of reading, writing and living

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