Knowledge and experience are not at odds; the latter is simply another form of the former. - Ryan Holiday

you must reclaim the ability to abstain because within it is your clarity and self-control.

In my definition, a platform is the combination of the tools, relationships, access, and audience that you have to bear on spreading your ideas—not just once, but over the course of a career. So a platform is your social media and the stage you stand on, but it also includes your friends, your body of work, the community your work exists in, the media outlets and influencers who appreciate what you do, your e-mail list, the trust you’ve built, your sources of income, and countless other assets. A platform is what you cultivate and grow not just through your work, but for creative work, whatever it may be.

There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.