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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.

"When you're on the field, play as if nothing else matters.

When you're off the field, remember that the game doesn't matter at all."

I am only interested in people as long as they are unpredictable to me. If I can predict what you’ll do or say, I’ll lose interest in you rapidly. If you can keep regularly surprising me in some way, forcing me to actually think in unscripted ways in order to respond, I’ll stay interested. It’s reciprocal. I suspect the people with whom I develop l... See more

Being your own hype woman isn’t about arrogance or bragging. It’s about reclaiming your power, owning your story, and refusing to downplay your brilliance just to make others comfortable. It’s about looking in the mirror and giving yourself the pep talks you need, the ones that push you to keep going, to dream bigger, to take that leap.

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.

the best content on the internet is created by people who have turned research into their leisure activity.

Don’t just accept things as they are—challenge them, reshape them, make them better. Whether it’s in your industry, your community, or your own life, be the one who dares to push for what could be, rather than settling for what is. Because real change doesn’t happen by accident—it happens because someone like you decided to make it happen.