Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
Thought poking
Sales is not a series of transactions but a series of relationships
from Tim Ferriss podcast episode #403
... See moreMost people see circumstances as fixed; high-agency people see them as variables. When Depression-era customers couldn’t afford shotguns, Rose didn’t complain about the economy; she created a rental program overnight. The line stretched around the block the next morning. High agency isn’t magical thinking; it’s the refusal to accept artificial
From lessons learned about Rose Blumkin; my bold
Put the right people in the right environment and great ideas aren’t just possible, they’re nearly inevitable.
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Keep in mind that the cleaning lady is as much a human being as the Chairman.
-Warren Buffett
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
-Steve Jobs
A sustainable lifestyle will have a bigger impact than only using “sustainable” products
Ex: reusable water bottles are more sustainable long-term than their single-use plastic counterparts (generally). But—having 10 reusable water bottles per occupant in your home isn’t necessarily a sustainable lifestyle
adapted from Tanja Gotthardsen, Living in the Anthropocene webinar
The pursuit of more has displaced the question of what it is for. And when a civilization forgets to ask that question, it continues to advance in technique while it declines in wisdom.
Anthony Deden • The Illusion of Progress
more and what it is for are italicized
Same applies to our individual lives as companies as civilization
Darrow says of refugee Reds living in Tinos:
... See moreI stare down at the city, unable to find the words I need to say. I feel like a prisoner who spent his whole life digging through the wall, only to break through and find he’s only dug into another cell. Except there will always be another cell. And another. And another. These people are not living. They
from Pierce Brown’s Morning Star pg. 71
Philosopher Paul Ricoeur wrote that the self is made through story. Not a fixed thing, but an unfolding—stitched together by time, memory, retelling. When you stop telling the story, the self begins to fade.