Reminders for myself
quotes, ideas, little human reminders
Reminders for myself
I keep asking myself who I am, exactly.
I’m a curator, a storyteller, a writer, a founder, and a creative technologist that resonates deeply with Stewart Brand's self-description: "I find things and I found things."
The things I find are the raw materials of possibility: ideas, books, concepts, people and tools.
I’m a curator, a storyteller, a writer, a founder, and a creative technologist that resonates deeply with Stewart Brand's self-description: "I find things and I found things."
The things I find are the raw materials of possibility: ideas, books, concepts, people and tools.
About - The Sublime
I'm not a curator, at least I don't feel like one - but the rest of it is on point.
"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples." -Mother Teresa
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Maya Angelou
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford
"When
... See moreLong time horizons change our incentives, usually in good ways. This is one of the core findings of game theory: people treat each other better when they intend to interact repeatedly in the future.
David Perell • Hugging the X-Axis - David Perell
Here’s what you need to lock in:
Everything you create should point back to one of these 5 pillars. If it doesn’t, cut it.
- 3 goals
- 3 buyers
- 3 themes
- 3 channels
- 5 metrics
Everything you create should point back to one of these 5 pillars. If it doesn’t, cut it.
How to Streamline Your Content Strategy
I want to have a six-figure income.” The internal goal could be, “Because I want to have financial freedom and not feel stressed about money.”
markmanson.net • The Surprising Science of Goal Setting
What happens to humanity when sex bexomes abundant?
Sex robots are almost here and we’re not ready to deal with this change.
1. “We tell stories because we have a hollow place in our heart. You don’t fill that with success. You fill it by finding yourself in the stories you tell.”
–Guillermo Del Toro
–Guillermo Del Toro
Britton Perelman • Just a moment...
If you publish content with the sole focus on what YOU will get from the audience (money, recognition, influence), three things will happen:
- Your “audience” will see through it (and won’t stick around for long)
- You’ll have no motivation to keep creating content after 6-12 months with little to no success.
- You’ll give up quickly because getting
You’re building an audience for the wrong reason
If you publish content with the sole focus on what YOU will get from the audience (money, recognition, influence), three things will happen:
Your “audience” will see through it (and won’t stick around for long)
You’ll have no motivation to keep creating content after 6-12 months with little to no success.
You’ll give up quickly because getting what you truly want (money, recognition, influence), takes a long time.