Reminders for myself
The answer is so simple—the way to enjoy work is to do work you enjoy. The way to like your company is to make one you desperately want to exist. I don’t know why it has to be more complicated than that.
Evan Armstrong • In Defense of Starting a Bad Business
There is an alternate theory of success. Not blitzscale. Not regrowth Just a long, slow unfolding of competence. One tool, one essay, one idea at a time.
It doesn’t look impressive. It doesn’t sound like a pitch deck. But it works, if your definition of working includes sleeping well, making clear things, and becoming slowly wiser.
It doesn’t look impressive. It doesn’t sound like a pitch deck. But it works, if your definition of working includes sleeping well, making clear things, and becoming slowly wiser.
The Creator-Monk Path: Solitude, Output, and Building a Life That Doesn’t Scale
how many people you touched > how many people you reached
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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