NeverBeNeedy

“A clear majority of human beings tend to connect their sentences, paragraphs, and scenes together with the word and.

This is a mistake. The ideal connective tissue in any story are the words but and therefore, along with all their glorious synonyms. These buts and therefores can be either explicit or implied.

“And” stories have no movement or mome... See more

Practice until you get it right, and you'll need perfect conditions.

Practice until you can't get it wrong, and conditions no longer matter.

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When o3 Plans Your Career Better Than You Do

Watch AI write my five-year roadmap, then grab the step-by-step template to do it yourself

by Katie Parrott

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I’ve always hated the question, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Answering... See more

As software costs go down, the moat for software disappears; the moats that remain are network, brand, scale, and data

Stephen Schwarzman on the inflection points no one sees:

“Every entrepreneur knows the feeling: that moment of despair when the only thing you are aware of is the giant gap between where you find yourself and the life and business you imagine. Once you succeed, people see only the success. If you fail, they see only the failure. Rarely do they see ... See more

Ayn Rand on just doing things:

“The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who's going to stop me.”

"Treat failure like a scientist.

Each attempt is an experiment. Each mistake is a clue.

You're not failing. You're refining."

If you want a starting point, Emerson’s Self-Reliance and On Nature

"Not everything blooms in spring. Your season might be autumn.

Keep going."