don’t be discouraged
weathering the ups and downs of creative projects, life, relationships. one brick at a time.
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don’t be discouraged
The ultimate competitive advantage is actually giving a shit about the problem you're working on. When Airbnb had just a few dozen employees, Rocket Internet raised $90 million and hired hundreds of people to clone and crush them.
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millions of dollars of funding can't compete with a company having a soul
In 1817, the poet John Keats wrote a letter to his brothers to share this exciting realization. “At once it struck me,” Keats wrote, “what quality went to form a Man of Achievement … Negative Capability.” Keats explains that “Negative Capability” is “when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching... See more
In 2008, Airbnb sought $150,000 in funding for 10% of the company.
They emailed 7 big investors.
5 sent back rejections.
2 others didn’t respond.
10% of Airbnb is now worth $7 billion.
Work, family, or friends: pick two. You can have it all, just not all at once.
The best thing ever written about “work-life balance” - Austin Kleon
it took Mr Beast almost 9 years to start earning real money – his mom even made him enroll in community college (he lasted two weeks there)
Hear ye! Hear ye! Due to overwhelming interest and applications, we are moving the deadline to apply for our print shop apprenticeship FROM MARCH 15th to MARCH 1st! This means applications are due via email or post marked snail mail by next Friday, March 1st. And THANK YOU! to everyone that has already applied.
instagram.comvia Albert Einstein:
“It is the same with people as it is with riding a bike. Only when moving can one comfortably maintain one’s balance.”
Trusting the process becomes much easier when you regularly run into these little reminders that we’re all kinda going through the same ups and the same downs... “The tough thing is that consistency can feel like it’s not paying off for long stretches of time. You feel aimless, like you’re going nowhere. You’re not improving as fast as you like.... See more