Thought provoking

Woody Allen said “80% of success is showing up.” To which @howes28 added, “and the other 20% is refusing to leave.” I think about that a lot when companies run into tough times. So much of long term company success is built on the team simply persisting.

@patrick_oshag I think with so much data and algorithmic-everything, the value of hand curation will continue to increase. 1,000 movies the computer suggests are not as compelling as 1 movie from a person I trust. I think there must be an analytical corollary to this, but I'm not yet sure what

"Who cares if the first draft is good? It doesn’t need to be good, it just needs to be, so you can revise it. You don’t need an idea to start a story. You just need a sentence" - George Saunders (good advice in general)

simplicity is difficult because there's no room to hide the lack of clear conviction that complexity affords