The Journal
Daily writings, essays, observations and personal reflections.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Ambition is not inherently noble or ignoble; it is a force that takes its character from its shape. The same drive that builds something use...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
The urgent is loud and the important is quiet, and so most days are consumed by the former. Emails, alerts, small fires. The important thing...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
There is a stretch in every worthwhile craft that looks, from the outside, like nothing is happening. You are studying, failing, copying bad...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
We rarely avoid the important because we are lazy. We avoid it because it can fail, and small tasks cannot. Sending the email is safe; writi...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
We measure what is easy to count and then quietly forget what we left out. Every metric is a choice, and every choice casts a shadow — the t...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Beginnings are exciting and endings are satisfying; almost everything difficult happens in the middle, where nothing is new and nothing is f...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Stillness is often mistaken for doing nothing. It is closer to listening without deciding in advance what you want to hear. In a life of con...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
A reflection on what we count, and what counting can hide.
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Forgiveness is widely misunderstood as a gift to the person who wronged you. More often it is a decision about what you will keep carrying.\...
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Being alone is a fact; being lonely is a feeling, and the two only sometimes coincide. Plenty of people are lonely in a crowded room, perfor...