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# This Week - Oct 17, 2014
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week/
- Published: 2014-10-17T10:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:10:10.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, this week, denim, mark anthony green, steve jobs, oliver burkeman, #import-tumblr-2026-08-27

> Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.  
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> — [Stanford Commencement Address, 2005 (Steve Jobs)](http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html?ref=drewshannon.net)

> First off, don’t hunt for jeans. Hunt for pork buns, rare Curtis Mayfield vinyl, and women who look like Rashida Jones. Hunt for real shit.  
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> — [Faded Glory: The Story Behind My Favorite Jeans (Mark Anthony Green for *GQ*)](http://www.gq.com/style/fashion/201410/faded-glory-the-story-behind-my-favorite-jeans?ref=drewshannon.net#slide=5)

> Research suggests that the so-called “impostor syndrome” may get worse as people get better: the more accomplished you get, the more likely you are to rub shoulders with ever more talented people, leaving you feeling even more inadequate by comparison.  
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> — [Nobody Knows What The Hell They Are Doing (Oliver Burkeman for *99u*)](http://99u.com/articles/32985/nobody-knows-what-the-hell-they-are-doing?ref=drewshannon.net)