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Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)


You have to give from the deepest part of yourself, and you are going to have to go on giving, and the giving is going to have to be its own reward.
page: 203
tags: gifts



Linchpin (Seth Godin)


The artist does not feel complete until they give a gift. This is more than refusing to do lousy work. It's an insistence on doing important work.
page: 87
tags: gifts art work

Linchpin thinking is about delivering gifts that can never be adequately paid for.
page: 152
tags: gifts

Gifts have been relegated to cash substitutes. If you give a gift, the only apparent reason is to get you to reciprocate. This ruins true gifts, since people always think you're expecting something in return.
page: 159
tags: reciprocation gifts

I will give you this __and__ you will do something for someone else. I will give you this __and__ my expectation is that you will change the way you feel. Change 'if' to 'and', and a trade becomes a gift.
page: 162
tags: gifts

Artists don't give gifts for money. They do it for respect and connection and to cause change. They don't want a tiny gratuity or faux appreciation.
page: 167
tags: art gifts appreciation

The challenge of being the linchpin is to be aware of where your skills and gifts are welcomed.
page: 171
tags: skills gifts

If you want to repay a gift, do something difficult. Don't just circle the three 5s on the review sheet.
page: 172
tags: gifts