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Perspective has two definitions. Context: a sense of the larger picture of the world, not just what is immediately in front of us Framing: an individu
Using perspective as a form of framing makes a great deal of sense. It shapes how we see the world and how we interpret events. Take probabilistic eve
I aspire to Isak Dinesen’s way: work a little every day, without hope and without despair. What a way to live! To make! To be!
Rosa tells me of a word in Russian, быт, pronounced bytʹ. The Internet translates it as “everyday life”, but it really means something more melancholy
When something has meaning, it becomes work. When something is meaningless, it becomes play.
今天在想一件事：習慣、任務、日課到底差在哪裡？ 這念頭是被朋友啟樺一句話喚起的。 他說： 「我們這種做知識工作的人，要把一些事當作「日課」來做。 不管你今天心情好還是壞，都要做。 就像和尚念經，不管上課、午課、晚課固定都要念。」 這概念挺有意思的！ 因為我過去的確把很多事當成「有空才做」、「想做才做
Love this definition of art, from Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: Art is anything you can do well, anything you ca
Yet, the definition of art hasn’t changed in 100 years, as W. David Marx explained in our recent conversation: “The best way to understand art is agai
The future of making art favors taste over skill, and will continue to do so indefinitely until it is effectively 100% taste.
Kitsch is always a form of inverted Platonism, prizing imitation over archetype. And in every case, it’s related to an inflation of aesthetic value, a
One lucrative way to use web video is product creation, as in using web video to create products. There are a number of ways you can do this, from scr
When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic grav
“Communication is about what is received, not what is intended. If there is a gap between what you are saying and what they are hearing, you have to f
Intent is what you mean. Impact is how you come across to other people. You know your intent; others do not. This is how misunderstandings arise.
Let’s first focus on the basics. There are four key “tests” that determine if communication is effective. We’ll begin with two: The physical ability t
Data is always an abstraction of reality based on underlying assumptions as to how to categorize the unstructured phenomena of the real world.
I like to think of data visualization as a story. The main character is the user, and we can go two ways. A story of charts and graphs might read a lo
財富是你能夠動用世界上的資源的總和
“Wealth is the power to choose. Financial wealth is the power to choose how to spend money. Social wealth is the power to choose who to hang out
For Aristotle, this all links to his account of what makes someone “wealthy.” Wealth is not defined by the number of things we have, be that assets or
Just start. Start slow if you have to. Start small if you have to. Start privately if you have to. Just start.
For high-priority tasks, like designing the main user interface content or creating content for a major product launch, you might spend 10–20 hours a
Framing Days as a Collection of Hours If you set aside 1 hour per day to dedicate to a topic of interest, how would your life change? “A day” feels lo
Why smart people often do stupid things: Intelligence isn't a substitute for wisdom. Intelligence is the capacity to learn. Wisdom is converting lear
the classic contrast between intelligence and wisdom, most concisely: “intelligence is knowing the right answer, wisdom is knowing when to say it.” Wi
We need a new definition of scale that is not about the production volumes of a material but the proliferation and exchange of knowledge. From scaling
Creativity tools will be deployed across the enterprise, much like productivity tools were deployed in previous decades.
One executive suggests a discipline — putting down first what you want the reader to do, next the three most important things the reader needs to unde
When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic grav
One executive suggests a discipline — putting down first what you want the reader to do, next the three most important things the reader needs to unde
Some projects benefit from early action. If you're writing a book, it's easy to spend a lot of time brainstorming titles and dreaming up an outline, b
One lucrative way to use web video is product creation, as in using web video to create products. There are a number of ways you can do this, from scr
When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic grav
We know routine’s benefits – working smarter, health, planning, and achieving goals. That’s been discussed endlessly. But how often do we consider how
Most powerful people are on the manager's schedule. It's the schedule of command. But there's another way of using time that's common among people who
【如何利用 Series 和 Episode 系統化打造你的專題寫作？】 很多碩博士生、專業工作者都有許多值得分享的專業知識，但常常不知道如何有條理地傳遞給讀者。如果你想讓自己的專題寫作更具吸引力且條理分明，**Series（系列）和 Episode（單集）**是非常實用的框架。 以下是如何運用 S
The paradox of mastery: The beginner strives to be a master. The master remains a beginner. https://www.threads.net/@labajoaaron/post/DDEZbs5xZnv?xmt
A maker creates tangible value. Makers work alone or under a manager, possibly with others. “Maker” encompasses writers, artists, programmers, carpent
