Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
Thought poking
Lots of interesting points regarding complex systems and the things that make them tick, the things that make them break, and the things that glue them together to continue on for another day
Everyone searches for opportunities while running from problems, missing that they're the same thing.
Problems aren't obstacles to opportunity, they ARE the opportunity.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #652
Virtuous trade-offs are different from normal hard-choice trade-offs. If you can make a virtuous trade-off, you end up with two good attributes, instead of one good and one bad. This is really creative simplifying -- ingenuity that trumps iron laws.
Price Simplifying Vs. Proposition Simplifying: Understanding Your Options | Entrepreneur
You can have both price-simplifying (mass market) and proposition-simplifying (premium market)
It doesn’t matter what position you find yourself in right now. What matters is whether you improve your position today. Every ordinary moment is an opportunity to make the future easier or harder.
-Shane Parrish
my bold; from Brain Food #639
Love is, in part, the willingness to risk being seen as we are; to let go of what we’re supposed to be and, instead, just be . To stand still.
Lauren Razavi • How to Date a Nomad
You don’t need more time. You need more focus.
Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are.
Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are.
Attention Required! | Cloudflare
Success is being excited to go to work and being excited to come home.
-Will Ahmed
When people fail to find their niche, and when we fail to helpthem find it, we don’t just suffer from their absence. We also suffer from their presence in the wrong place.
Adam Mastroianni • There's a Place for Everyone
VFA credos:
There is no courage without risk
Value creation is how I measure achievement
I will act with integrity in all things
I will create opportunity for myself and others
My career is a choice that indicates my values