provocations
provocative ideas, musings, and statements to mull on
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provocations
If you’re efficient, you’re doing it the wrong way. The right way is the hard way. The show was successful because I micromanaged it—every word, every line, every take, every edit, every casting. That’s my way of life.
Daniel McGinn • Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
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The biggest mistake a consumer company can make, Arnault says, is to delegate advertising to the marketing department.
Suzy Wetlaufer • The Perfect Paradox of Star Brands: An Interview with Bernard Arnault of LVMH
Being open and flexible to opportunity is sometimes more important than knowing what you’re trying to do.
Joel Lehman • Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective
In ‘How Movies Were Edited 60 Years Ago,’ an editor manually cut film splicing, taping, and rewinding at a near biblical pace. Each move carried significance since fixing mistakes was time consuming.
Watching that, I envied the slow process. It’s the opposite of my current approach > revisions layered endlessly, endless undos, nothing ever... See more
Watching that, I envied the slow process. It’s the opposite of my current approach > revisions layered endlessly, endless undos, nothing ever... See more
Media I’ve Consumed: Week 001 > The World Is Too Smooth
Fearing that AI will replace you or surpass you or become you is like being afraid that your offspring will surpass you or become you or replace you. It will, because that's what they're designed to do, and that's why you created them. And also, they depend on you, and they are of you, and they will improve you. Without you, they cannot exist.
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a beautiful reminder to go outside, touch grass, cook, use our hands!
Anxiety, the next gumption trap, is sort of the opposite of ego. You're so sure you'll do everything wrong you're afraid to do anything at all. Often this, rather than "laziness" is the real reason you find it hard to get started
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Quotes
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In my experience, inspiration is not something that finds you, or offers itself to you, nor for that matter is faith. Inspiration and faith are similar in so far as they both ask something of us. They each require real and constant practical application. For me, inspiration comes only when I practice certain things regularly and rigorously. I must... See more