Business Advice

Making work easier. This is the problem. So obsessed with getting to the answer, completing the project, producing a result which are all valid things, but not where the richness of the human experience lies.

Jerry Seinfeld's Speech At Duke's 2024 Commencement (Transcript)

“Fall in love with problems rather than solutions.”

-from ‘Non-Obvious Thinking’ by Rohit Barghava and Ben DuPont

“‘Not your best ever’

In order to have a best ever, hearing this is part of the deal.

Each thing is not going to top everything that came before it. Progress is rarely smooth.”

-Seth Godin

The hard part about figuring out what customers want is figuring out that you need to figure it out

Most times, the best way to create value is to double down on the domain-specific insights you’ve collected over your entire career.

—Nikita Bier

Antonio Garcia Martinez on startups: “If your idea is any good, it won’t get stolen, you’ll have to jam it down people’s throats instead.”

Do We Still Need Journals?

Best practices are rarely the best — they're mostly just cargo cult common practices.

And as more people adopt them, the more mediocre they become.

The best is usually what most people aren't willing to do.

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