do less to do more
like Jonny Ive said, “what have you said no to today?” focus is the hardest thing in the world
do less to do more
copywriter, an art director, and an advertising account man are boarding a plane to go to a client presentation. Slightly implausibly, they open the overhead locker and a genie pops out. The genie says, “I’ve been stuck in that bloody overhead locker for 10 years. As a reward, I’ve only got three wishes, but I’ll give you one each.”
The genie turns ... See more
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Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
The consumer economy nurtures this sweet tooth. There’s just so much money to be made in selling people new paths—new equipment, new books, new possibilities. The last thing marketers want is for people to get their excitement and fulfillment from what they already have access to. They would hate for you to discover the incredible wealth remaining
... See moreDavid Cain • Go Deeper, Not Wider
“People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing: refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.” ➪ Leo Tolstoy
Rory Sutherland – Are We Now Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? | Nudgestock 2024
youtube.comHarmut Rosa - the technologies we’ve invenveted has made us all dissastified because now don’t have too little time to feel like we can accomplish everything we want to do. 18:00.
The greatest lie I ever told myself was that expertise would set me free. It's a peculiar form of self-deception, this notion that mastery somehow equals liberation. I've spent the better part of my life accumulating knowledge like a magpie hoarding bottle caps, only to discover that knowing exactly what I'm doing has become the intellectual equiva
... See moreEasy to find an idea
Transformational ideas for software—the ones that could become huge businesses and change the world—are rare and hard to spot. Even when they do work out, they often take tremendous effort and require an appetite for risk.
In contrast, incremental improvements to existing software are far easier to find . If you’re opinionated a... See more
Transformational ideas for software—the ones that could become huge businesses and change the world—are rare and hard to spot. Even when they do work out, they often take tremendous effort and require an appetite for risk.
In contrast, incremental improvements to existing software are far easier to find . If you’re opinionated a... See more
For your next side project, make a browser extension
I optimize for joy.
Maria Tangarova • How to Make Users Go ‘Whoa’
You really want to do everything with quality as that is where the satisfaction and peace is." – Nick Sleep
Inspired by Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance