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I know you’re tired JR

“I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.”

— Jalaluddin Rumi

I know you're tired JR

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Selected Publications

The Inadvertent Collector
Ones and Zeroes
Leitmotif - Marfa, Texas, Twenty Years Later
Kid Pan Alley
Innovation Internalized
I Know It When I See It
Gift Horses: The Offer That Can Be Refused
Don't Fence Me In
Cowboys' Lament: Kelly v. ArribaSoft
Collectors and Collections: Why Do They Do It?
Candle Text
Arts Philanthropy in a Tough Political Climate
Back to the Archives
#MeToo Book

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“Write in a journal. Longhand.
Some thoughts require slowness to emerge. Invite your quieter, more subtle voices
to come forward and
be acknowledged. There are some mighty good problem-solvers in that crew.”

— A M Carley, FLOAT p 89

write in a journal AMC

“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”

— Frederick Douglass

I prefer to be true to myself FD

“Do you have a place to go when you want to write?
If not, consider putting some work into creating a designated space. The certain knowledge that you have a place to go, at pre-determined times, can be powerful.”

— A M Carley, FLOAT p 79

Do you have a place to go AMC

“A writer only begins a book.
A reader finishes it.”

— Samuel Johnson

A writer only begins a book SJ

“Sometimes the best thing
a piece of writing can do
is show us
what doesn’t quite work.”

— A M Carley, FLOAT p 87

what doesn't quite work AMC

“So difficult it is
to show
the various meanings and imperfections
of words
when we have nothing else
but words to do it with.”

— John Locke

So difficult it is to show JL

“Accountability partners aren’t just for going to the gym.
Make a deal with
a friend or colleague
to check in on goals, commitments, resolves, deadlines, outreach attempts, and other project-related tasks.”

— A M Carley, FLOAT p 105

Accountability partners aren't just for going to the gym AMC

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that,
but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

— Mark Twain

you too can become great MT

“Sometimes, recognizing that you’re in business
can connect you with the rest of humanity.
Make a phone call.
Meet for coffee.
Talk about your project
and ask about theirs.
Spread the word about your purpose.”

— A M Carley, FLOAT p 143

Sometimes recognizing that you're in business AMC

“Let yourself ask, explore,
and discover.
If someone might chuckle
at your ignorance,
can you handle that?
Then go ahead and ask.”

— A M Carley, FLOAT p 55

go ahead and ask AMC

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