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Figma had $0 in revenue for 4 years.
Completely breaks the “rush something to market and start charging immediately” mindset that most try to adapt.
And it resulted in the largest acquisition of a private software company (ever) https://t.co/YLGBR9hJe0
The way you change a person is by getting through not to their head or their will but to their heart.
Simeon Zahl • How Do People Actually Change? - Mockingbird
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."
Design an information diet like you would design your diet with food: this information is good, this information is bad, don’t consume this type of information, only consume this type of media during this specific time of day, etc.
Balaji S. Srinivasan • Legacy Media Is Lying To You - Balaji Srinivasan | Modern Wisdom Podcast 519
The effort to try and feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable. -Oliver Burkeman
Some questions that I’ve found to be very effective in one-on-ones: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number-one problem with our organization? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who is really kicking ass in the company? Whom do you admire? If you were me, what changes would you make? What don’t you like about the
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You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” ~ Zig Ziglar.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” -Jack Kornfield
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.