Beverley
@beverley
I am a Technology Entrepreneur quietly building humble but handy Internet businesses.
Beverley
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A renewed interest in human curation, a slow move away from big social, a clearer understanding of platform incentives, the economic feasibility of subscription businesses, and builders driven by a new set of values – combined, it feels like a good time for Internet businesses that are both human-scale and profitable.
“mu”: A Japanese word for unasking the question because it’s fundamentally flawed or its conditions do not meet reality.
Steyn Viljoen • Screen time: Unask the question ⁉️
The Japanese have a beautiful saying for this—a maxim that has survived through atomic bombs, economic collapse, and countless tsunamis: Shikata ga nai. “There’s nothing to be done, so move on.” Move forward. It takes a bit of self-deception to mind-wipe the regret and a truckload of moxie to push through the work of regaining control. But... See more
Bobby Hundreds • This Is Not a T-Shirt
To me, the ideal life is to take the 20 percent of my time that make me feel most alive and see if I can cut everything else out until that fills everything. Then do that again, cutting the “worst” 80 percent of the best. This is the inverse of how many companies operate. There the ideal is often “growth,” which they take to mean “say yes to all
... See moreEntrepreneurship is a personal growth engine disguised as a business pursuit.
James Clear • 3-2-1: Entrepreneurship, Habits, and the Joy of Climbing | James Clear
THIS TOO SHALL PASS . This adage of Persian origin is a salve to parents everywhere. “Don’t worry,” it whispers seductively in your ear, “it won’t be like this forever.” And no lies were told. Once you begin to worship at the altar of “This too shall pass” your parenting struggles become something to be endured temporarily, rather than a Sisyphean... See more
Kevin Maguire • A Decade of Parenting
"Cry on the inside ... Like a winner." - The Other Woman
youtube.comWhen helpful pragmatism comes across as cold and uncaring. Perfectly summarised by Kate’s response, "Done? It wasn't even a conversation; you mostly just yelled at me the whole time."
Steve Jobs once said, “ The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller . The storyteller sets the vision, values, and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.”
Mario Gabriele • Generalist Capital: In Search of Epics | The Generalist
Jim Simons: "I’m not an extremely fast thinker myself; I just work hard."
That was all I needed to do—work hard, not fast. A paper I published in '68 took me five years. But it has had 1,850 citations. For a math paper, that’s an awful lot.
There’s too much emphasis on a person’s being able to answer questions quickly."