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We’ve sacrificed nuanced judgment for a trend report without a methodology.
We’ve sacrificed white space thinking for whatever the average is doing.
And we’ve sacrificed the attributes we care most about (resonance, loyalty, fandom, influence and impact) for the metrics easily available to us (clicks, views and follows).
As Rick Rubin puts it,
We’ve sacrificed white space thinking for whatever the average is doing.
And we’ve sacrificed the attributes we care most about (resonance, loyalty, fandom, influence and impact) for the metrics easily available to us (clicks, views and follows).
As Rick Rubin puts it,
“If you... See more
Matt Klein • Self-Sabotaging Innovation: The Art of Doing Dumb Shit
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As marketer and author Rory Sutherland puts it, many of the problems we face today are open ended. Yet we aren’t actually looking to solve these problems.
Instead, we’re looking to win arguments . Or as I put it, we’re looking to maintain our employer’s health insurance. Don’t rock the boat.
Instead, we’re looking to win arguments . Or as I put it, we’re looking to maintain our employer’s health insurance. Don’t rock the boat.
Matt Klein • Self-Sabotaging Innovation: The Art of Doing Dumb Shit
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Great software products aren’t simply a collection of buttons, icons, and menus. They shape how we think and who we aspire to be.
The problem isn’t that machines are becoming more human-like, it’s that humans are becoming more machine-like in an effort to keep up.
There are no shortcuts to hard-won insight.
No one does this in a snap.
But it’s hard to ... See more
The problem isn’t that machines are becoming more human-like, it’s that humans are becoming more machine-like in an effort to keep up.
There are no shortcuts to hard-won insight.
No one does this in a snap.
But it’s hard to ... See more
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Listening is a neglected social skill. But I know that an even more neglected social skill is candor.
Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know
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I believe publishing my thinking is the best way to discover my true opinion. Even if it’s just in a group text. Writing about anything usually shows me that I didn't know it quite as well as I thought.
Andrew Ettinger • 30 more things I believe
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... See moreTwitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey explained why succinctly in an email he sent out to the whole company. "If you have to use someone else’s name or authority to get a point across, there is little merit to the point (you might not believe it yoursel), If you believe something ro be correct, focus on showing your work to prove it. Authority derives
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Some lessons I have taken away so far:
8 hours of sleep
always be in the present, focus because trying to catch up later is going to be even more difficult and tiresome
you can’t take care of others unless you take care of yourself
rituals are VERY understated — people may not understand and it could possibly come off as selfish but you need that r
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Being rich is nice, but what you really want to optimize for is (1) an income that exceeds your spending by a healthy margin and (2) a lifestyle that is free from rushing
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We often keep our connections close to our chests, guarding them like precious resources, believing that by holding onto them, we’re preserving their value. But here’s the irony: by doing that, we’re actually diminishing their value. Networks don’t thrive in isolation; they come alive when the number of connections—the nodes within them—increases.
Zoe Scaman • Forty Years, Forty Lessons
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