Building Something

“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.”

“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”

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.

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... See more

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

– John Steinbeck

"Tradition is about passing the flame not keeping the ash". That's from superstar chef Massimo Bottura.

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... See more

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