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“But if you've got a cheerful, friendly demeanor, people act like you don't know better, like you've never heard of poverty or a broken bone. Optimists never get credit for the effort it takes to keep believing things are going to be okay. Here's a secret: most optimists know the world is full of horrors. They just think it can be improved.” Optimism Book:Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results Source: Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results
“In a dream world, I would love to be a master pastry chef, because it combines something I love doing baking with something I'm not good at doing baking. BUT! Practically, if I weren't writing and doing comedy things, I'd like to teach kids to read. I would be good at that in real life.” WorldWritingRealDreamKidsTeachComedyBe GoodReal LifeChef Author:Josh Gondelman
“tend to be better at describing feelings and ideas, and worse at painting a picture of any physical thing. I have terrible spatial reasoning skills so even if I were describing my girlfriend, whom I see every day, it sound like I was talking about a child's drawing of her. "Very beautiful. Glasses. Brown hair. Super smart brain. Bigger than our dog. Smaller than me".” FeelingsBeautifulBrainDogPaintingTerribleSmartGirlfriendMy GirlfriendVery Beautiful Author:Josh Gondelman
“It's nice when I can be met with warmth and enthusiasm, but doing standup comedy has taught me how to push through the fact that statistically speaking, 100% of Earth's population population doesn't have any interest in what I'm doing at all. I try to think less about having/deserving an audience and focus on enjoying the privilege of creating things I like.” ThinkingTryingEnjoyInterestAudienceComedyFocusNiceEnthusiasmWarmthDeserving Author:Josh Gondelman