Building Something

“aliveness is so central to meaningful human experience that there’ll always be a market for those who can cultivate it, embed it in what they create, foster it in institutions and organisations, and bring people together to experience it”

When writing, separate the “creator” and the “editor”. The “creator” just writes, and doesn’t worry about quality; the goal is words on the page. Later, you can be the “editor” and shape it into something good

It’s a real mind fuck and it makes me feel complicit in something terrible that hurts people. It makes me feel complicit in the thing that hurt ME. It’s like I morph into an avatar for the very thing I spend my entire career and life fighting against. Like, while I’m trying to detox, I’m actively poisoning other people.

This isn't about lowering our ambitions - it's about elevating them. Trading the superficial for the substantial, rigidity for resilience, and the exhausting pursuit of "crushing it" for the satisfaction of building something meaningful. Because perhaps true success isn't measured in inbox zeros, but in creating a life that doesn't feel like someth... See more

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“Human performance is impossible without human energy. A leader's job is not to get people to perform and produce; it's to cultivate an environment that regenerates people's energy so that they can perform and produce.”

From one of my favorite Hacker News comments ever, by @Jonathan_Blow: https://t.co/uJgib4x6El

Here are a few more questions a business owner, in any industry, might consider:

What considerations did you take when determining your product / service price?

How does pricing determine your potential customer base, and what are the repercussions of serving only those customers?

Is the product you're selling addressing a genuine need, or is it oppor... See more

At any given time, you’re either pre–heavy thing or post–heavy thing. You’ve either made something weighty already, or you haven’t. Pre–heavy thing people are still searching, experimenting, iterating. Post–heavy thing people have crossed the threshold, and it shows. They’ve made something substantial—something that commands respect, inspires other... See more