patience
the art of waiting
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patience
Here’s a simple mnemonic you can use the next time you arrive at a line: “W.A.I.T.”
WAIT stands for W hy are you being an A sshole, I t’s not like any of us want T o be here either.
Remember: “Waiting in Line” is a critical skill of human beings, and one of the basic building blocks of a decent society. If you’d like to see what life would be like... See more
WAIT stands for W hy are you being an A sshole, I t’s not like any of us want T o be here either.
Remember: “Waiting in Line” is a critical skill of human beings, and one of the basic building blocks of a decent society. If you’d like to see what life would be like... See more
Shalom Auslander • Lines: A Beginner’s Guide
love this rant on patience
Jim Simons: "I’m not an extremely fast thinker myself; I just work hard."
That was all I needed to do—work hard, not fast. A paper I published in '68 took me five years. But it has had 1,850 citations. For a math paper, that’s an awful lot.
There’s too much emphasis on a person’s being able to answer questions quickly."
I anchor my practice around the philosophy of “1% better every day”.
The concept of “1% better” acknowledges that constant progress—no matter how small—can lead to significant improvements over time.
It focuses on continuous learning, improvement, and incremental steps toward a goal.... See more
instagram.comA writing example: when I look back in my notes I realize so much of what I write about today I was ruminating about 2-3 years ago. I always knew what I was going to say. I just didn’t have the tools, I didn’t have the maturity, I didn’t have the language or sensitivity to beauty to recognize what that was. So much of what I learned was latent,... See more
Nix • things that take time
oof this very accurately describes my journey to Sublime. i've had all of the ideas, but I was lacking a strong notion of taste.
The temptation to look and feel busy is real and ever-present, especially when you’re young and trying to prove your value. Early-on, we fell prey to it like most do. We intervened unnecessarily in portfolio companies to help “save the day” and listened to low-probability pitch after pitch to make sure we didn’t miss something. We had packed... See more
This is 66: 'White Lotus' Executive Producer Mark Kamine Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
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I do not mean passivity, which is frequently mistaken for patience. It is passivity that tells us not to fight for our work. It is passivity that takes “no” for a final answer. Passivity is exactly that: pass-ive. We take a pass on growth on our own behalf. Patience is very different. Patience is not the acceptance of weakness. It is the quiet,
... See moreThe fact is, star brands take time to grow. Take some of the small makeup companies we have acquired recently, like Bliss and Urban Decay. When we bought them, they were little start-ups run by their founders—very simple businesses, but with a lot of originality in the products. So now we know we must nurture them until they have some history. But
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