BrightFutureGuy
@bfg
PKM nerd, web3 enthusiast, podcast host, art appreciator, business growth is my passion
BrightFutureGuy
nf.td
I keep asking myself who I am, exactly.
I’m a curator, a storyteller, a writer, a founder, and a creative technologist that resonates deeply with Stewart Brand's self-description: "I find things and I found things."
The things I find are the raw materials of possibility: ideas, books, concepts, people and tools.
I’m a curator, a storyteller, a writer, a founder, and a creative technologist that resonates deeply with Stewart Brand's self-description: "I find things and I found things."
The things I find are the raw materials of possibility: ideas, books, concepts, people and tools.
About - The Sublime
I'm not a curator, at least I don't feel like one - but the rest of it is on point.
"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples." -Mother Teresa
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford
"When
... See moreLong time horizons change our incentives, usually in good ways. This is one of the core findings of game theory: people treat each other better when they intend to interact repeatedly in the future.
David Perell • Hugging the X-Axis - David Perell
The cadence of your work shapes your temperament. When you’re a day trader, every phone notification matters. But when you’re a committed buy-and-hold investor, you can mostly ignore them. The longer your time horizon, the calmer life becomes. Zoom out far enough and once-gargantuan hurdles turn into tiny speed bumps on the road of life.
David Perell • Hugging the X-Axis - David Perell
What is a Personal Monopoly?
A Personal Monopoly is a unique combination of skills, interests, and personality traits. The more unusual it is, the more valuable it’ll be because there are so few substitutes. A distinct Personal Monopoly makes people say: “Wow, I’ve never met anybody like you before.”
On the Internet, where everybody is screaming... See more
A Personal Monopoly is a unique combination of skills, interests, and personality traits. The more unusual it is, the more valuable it’ll be because there are so few substitutes. A distinct Personal Monopoly makes people say: “Wow, I’ve never met anybody like you before.”
On the Internet, where everybody is screaming... See more
David Perell • The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online - David Perell
Good writing is focused. It orbits around a single point. Once you find your shiny dime, you can instantly reject every idea that doesn’t relate to it. Just as every verse in a song should relate back to the chorus, every idea in an essay should relate back to the shiny dime.
David Perell • The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online - David Perell
In Write of Passage, we use an acronym called CRIBS. Editors mark if a section is confusing, repetitive, interesting, surprising or boring. The method is universal because it focuses on standard emotions that everybody has instead of the mechanics of writing, which fewer people are familiar with.
Ask your editor to identify each letter in the CRIBS... See more
Ask your editor to identify each letter in the CRIBS... See more
David Perell • The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online - David Perell
Here’s what you need to lock in:
Everything you create should point back to one of these 5 pillars. If it doesn’t, cut it.
- 3 goals
- 3 buyers
- 3 themes
- 3 channels
- 5 metrics
Everything you create should point back to one of these 5 pillars. If it doesn’t, cut it.