going slow
calmness is a superpower and why we need to slow the fuck down.
Keely Adler and
going slow
Joseph Heller wrote Catch 22 in the evenings after work - it took him eight years spending 2-3 hours each night.
source: Daily Rituals, Mason Currey
The prevailing dogma is that startups should ship and iterate as quickly as possible. Scott believes that’s often counterproductive. You need to “surprise and delight” your customers to create a product that grows organically. You can’t do that by simply meeting a user’s expectations; you must surpass them. Doing so takes time and polishing.
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Scott Belsky
“Life is always winking at us, calling our attention to the beauty hidden in plain sight. Why do we so often miss what’s right in front of us, lost in thought, constantly checking our phones or tethered to endless to-do lists?”
338 / The comfort class bubble
We’ve long had the sense that it’s possible to cultivate an experience on the Internet that is more calm, thoughtful, and introspective. And we’ve long had the view that this is possible not from a technology-oriented approach, but from an approach that is more soft, more personal, and more intuitive.
are.na • On Motivation
incredible to see the growth curve of Acquired, one of the most popular podcasts. if it would've been a startup, it would've been shuttered after two years because of slow growth. good things take time.