Abhilash Rao
@abhilash
Abhilash Rao
his book The Folly of Fools, Trivers argues that a contradiction lies at the heart of human intelligence. Our brains are simultaneously designed to seek out information and destroy that information after we acquire it. Specifically, our minds evolved to make sense of the world not in ways that are true, but in ways that help us survive. But once
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One potential antidote you present to conflating one’s identity with the work they do is what you refer to as “diversifying your meaning-making portfolio.” I think most people feel that they could be devoting more time to their hobbies and communities (and anything else outside of paid employment
How Airtable connected customer service to content marketing:
From a process perspective, if you're planning to heavily invest in customer success, which I highly recommend, it’s crucial to also establish a system for capturing and leveraging the insights generated by your customer success team. Here's how we approached it: We engaged deeply with
some other famous failures: Michael Jordan: cut from his high-school basketball team. Steven Spielberg: rejected from film school thrice. Walt Disney: fired by the editor of a newspaper for lacking ideas and imagination. Albert Einstein: He learned to speak at a late age and performed poorly in school. John Grisham: first novel was rejected by 16
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Back in the day, we at Airtable were kind of roasted on Twitter for our billboards, which weren't super specific about a particular problem; they were just there. Everyone was questioning the sense in it, wondering why we would do this if it wasn't clear. However, those billboards were actually super effective for us, but for a different reason
... See moreThese benefits might not directly translate into revenue, but over time, in aggregate, they can have a huge indirect impact on revenue. They can:
Strengthen domain authority and the search performance of every other page on the website.
Boost brand awareness, and encourage serendipitous interactions that land your brand in front of the right person... See more
Strengthen domain authority and the search performance of every other page on the website.
Boost brand awareness, and encourage serendipitous interactions that land your brand in front of the right person... See more
Shubham Maheshwari on LinkedIn: Loyalty is one the core outcomes that all businesses strive to achieve…
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Paid loyalty vs earned loyalty vs none
The roots of the word “compete” are the Latin con petire, which meant “to seek together.” What each person seeks is to actualize her potential, and this task is made easier when others force us to do our best. Of course, competition improves experience only as long as attention is focused primarily on the activity itself. If extrinsic goals—such as
... See moreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
Titiksha is defined as endurance or forbearance to face all challenges in life. Titiksha does not mean suffering without resistance, it means forbearance, the ability to put up with unpleasant things without suffering internally.