long-term thinking

musings on long-term thinking in a shortsighted world. we overestimate what we can do in a year, underestimate what we can do in 10 kinda thing.

Juan Orbea and

The Shawshank Redemption failed at the box office but went on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic.

The 48 Laws of Power missed the bestseller lists for more than a decade and still sold more than a million copies.

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Our ideal outcome as a company is not becoming the next Facebook (god forbid), it’s becoming the next Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, a hot spring hotel in Japan, and one of the world’s oldest businesses (founded in 705 AD).

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Creativity Is a Process, Not an Event

James Clear jamesclear.com

Andy Spector

one strategy is to keep doing your thing way longer than anyone thought you would

kepano x.com

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“Driving the train doesn’t set its course. The real job is laying the track.”

Polina Marinova • The Profile Dossier: Ed Catmull, Pixar's Creative Genius

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Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill (Episode #228)

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Juan Orbea

Why Diversification Results In Mediocrity

Mike Speiser research.gigaom.com

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Jeff Bezos says that if Amazon has a good quarter it’s because of work they did 3, 4, 5 years ago—not because they did a good job that quarter

SAM H INKIE 3 6 0 1 S O U T H B R O A D S T R E E T

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Figma had $0 in revenue for 4 years. Completely breaks the “rush something to market and start charging immediately” mindset that most try to adapt. And it resulted in the largest acquisition of a private software company (ever) https://t.co/YLGBR9hJe0

Chris Frantz

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