Anchors (Ted Gioia On Old Books)

Anchors (Ted Gioia On Old Books)

David Perell interviewed Ted Gioia, and the whole thing is wonderful, but this bit right here:

The pattern of this world is not something you can put your anchor on. There's always a flavor of the month and a flavor of the week. The thing happening now. If you try to build on that, it collapses because those things never survive. You must seek out the timeless. You must renew your mind on the timeless truths. That's why I spend a lot of time with old books. They're my firmer anchor.

If you drop anchor, below the murky surface, into the depths, and catch nothing - you’ll just keep drifting. 

But if you drop anchor, no matter how murky the surface, no matter how deep (provided you have enough line), and catch something solid, something strong, and probably something old and tested - you’ll find a place in the world. 

That’s not a conservative argument. It is a don’t get swept up in the chase argument. 

Know your life priority stack. 

And, speaking of drifting, here’s Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers with “Drifting Blues”