Thought provoking
You just need to be smart enough to understand that your success is more about your courage than your intelligence.
Orange Book 🍊📖x.com"Your calendar is the most honest autobiography you'll ever write.
It doesn't matter what you say your priorities are; your calendar reveals the truth. Each block is a decision about what matters, stripped of pretense and rationalization.
Your calendar isn't just recording your time—it's... See more
Ben Greenfieldx.com“You cannot create results. You can only create conditions in which something might happen.”
― Anne Bogart
― Anne Bogart
Anne Bogart Quotes (Author of A Director Prepares)
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
– Michael J. Fox
What risk are we radically underestimating as a species? What are we overestimating?
I think we’ve still underestimated the harms of scrolling. I am careful to say “scrolling” because I don’t think social media is itself a bad thing, nor do I think screens are uniformly bad. I think it’s specifically the act of scrolling, which forces us to ingest,... See more
I think we’ve still underestimated the harms of scrolling. I am careful to say “scrolling” because I don’t think social media is itself a bad thing, nor do I think screens are uniformly bad. I think it’s specifically the act of scrolling, which forces us to ingest,... See more
Nadia Asparouhova • Nadia Asparouhova on antimemetics, nuclear mysticism, and scrolling
Now, here’s what 99% of people get wrong:
They wait for the interaction to start, and only then force a smile ❌
That’s wayyyyy too late.
The magic only happens if you start smiling BEFORE:
You should start smiling... See more
They wait for the interaction to start, and only then force a smile ❌
That’s wayyyyy too late.
The magic only happens if you start smiling BEFORE:
- 5 seconds before you open your camera on Zoom call
- 5 seconds before you pick up the phone
- 5 seconds before walking into the meeting room
You should start smiling... See more
Tom Orbach • The dumbest career hack that's worked 100% of the time 🍓
Every “hi” is a first impression. To do it well, lead with curiosity instead of apathy, mistrust, or resignation.
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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