“To follow the path: look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master.”—ESR, How To Become A Hacker
I’ve always found this to be motivating, and I printed it out and hung it up in my office years ago. Seems rational to me.
(Note: This is not an endorsment of ESR’s views. Also, while he referred to it as a “modern Zen poem”, when I looked it up years ago, I was unable to find any other source for it—so for all I know, he made it up out of whole cloth.)
“To follow the path:
look to the master,
follow the master,
walk with the master,
see through the master,
become the master.”—ESR, How To Become A Hacker
I’ve always found this to be motivating, and I printed it out and hung it up in my office years ago. Seems rational to me.
(Note: This is not an endorsment of ESR’s views. Also, while he referred to it as a “modern Zen poem”, when I looked it up years ago, I was unable to find any other source for it—so for all I know, he made it up out of whole cloth.)