Adam Durst
@adurst
Adam Durst
@adurst
Only people can be free. If we believe something else makes us free, we never learn what we must do.
The moment you believe that freedom is given, it is gone
We say that a symbol stands for something, but all too often a symbol merely stands in for something. The American flag is supposed to stand for freedom, but it can very easily stand in for freedom. In singing the anthem, we treat its values as permanent, or as if they were enacted by song. But praise is not practice.
Sometimes the gate looks like it's like 5,000 feet tall, but you don't realize it's only 5ft wide. Just like walk around it. You don't have to be so prolific.
-Jon Bellion on Zach Sang Show
It is your ability to discern facts that makes you an individual, and our collective trust in common knowledge that makes us a society. The individual who investigates is also the citizen who builds. The leader who dislikes the investigators is a potential tyrant.
/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:
Why are we doing this?
Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
What’s the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
What’s your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compound?
Are you solving a
Professional services organizations that successfully commercialize more productized offerings do the following five things well: Invest in new commercialization capabilities Have clear owners for commercialization success Begin building their commercialization strategy at the beginning of the product development cycle Continue to iterate on their
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