Britt Gage
@brittfgage
Founder, of All Trades. Building a new type of company for generalists and the founders we seek to serve.
Britt Gage
weofalltrades.com
Most people want to be fit, most people aren’t.
Most people want to build a successful business, most people won’t.
Most people want to be the best version of themselves, most people aren’t.
Most people have dreams they want to fulfill, most people won’t.
Everyone wants to quit something, build something, be something, do something. Most people won’t.
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Most people want to build a successful business, most people won’t.
Most people want to be the best version of themselves, most people aren’t.
Most people have dreams they want to fulfill, most people won’t.
Everyone wants to quit something, build something, be something, do something. Most people won’t.
H... See more
Tumblr • Most People Won’t
First-principles thinking, or thinking from first principles, sounds a lot more complicated than it is. It’s simply a technique for approaching problems with a beginner’s mind. Instead of working within assumptions and what people around you “know” to be true, you do the hard work of figuring out what’s actually true and, thus, what’s truly... See more
Lenny Rachitsky • First-Principles Thinking
But certainty? Certainty is another word for stalling.
Demanding certainty
Finding a more useful umwelt
Add up all the senses you use and the things you notice: that’s your umwelt.
It’s pretty obvious that your dog has a different one than you do. They see fewer colors and smell far more intelligently. Sea slugs see a much wider range of colors, and bats can sense vibrations.
Among humans, we each have our own umwelt.... See more
Add up all the senses you use and the things you notice: that’s your umwelt.
It’s pretty obvious that your dog has a different one than you do. They see fewer colors and smell far more intelligently. Sea slugs see a much wider range of colors, and bats can sense vibrations.
Among humans, we each have our own umwelt.... See more
Finding a more useful umwelt
radical agency involves finding real edges: things you are willing to do that others aren’t, often because they’re annoying, unpleasant, or obscured in a cloud of aversion.
Cate Hall • How to Be More Agentic
To make a meaningful identity change, I learned, you must first have a clear vision for the person you want to become. Then, you have to feel so desirous and magnetized toward that vision that it acts as a counterweight to the gravitational pull of your current self and circumstances.
To be clear: You don’t have to change your entire identity to... See more
To be clear: You don’t have to change your entire identity to... See more
Money with Katie
Chores
seths.blog
On attempting to build extraordinary things and Startup Advice
The truth is that if we stop doing chores, we have to do real work instead. The things that aren’t repeatable or proven. The things that are emotionally difficult, creatively challenging or simply requiring exploration and guts to pursue. If we succeed at this work, there will be plenty of money to pay to get the chores done.
Doing chores cheerfully and with skill is a fine hobby. But it might not be what you need to do right now.
The parts between
seths.blog
Human beings care about harmonies. About originality. About the tension that comes from the new. And we care about the dynamics between and among people who are working together.
That’s why we listen to the whole song, not one musician’s isolation track.
Management systems have been designed to provide reliability and efficiency, not adaptability and agility. Many of the tools and practices of modern management are geared towards solving problems and eliminating deviations in processes, behaviors, and practices. Because of this framework, management training and leadership development is often... See more