Danielle Vermeer

We must remember that when we approach our lives as if we have a limitless range of tolerance, or that our tolerance must be the same as our peers, we’re pursuing our life and our work in an inevitably unsustainable way. We’re all unique. Our biology, our circumstances, experiences, and the environment we are in will influence our range of... See more

Can you engineer serendipity? In the “surface area of luck” theory, your chance of being lucky equals the actions you take towards your passion multiplied by the people you tell. Luck = (Passionate Doing) x (Effective Telling) h/t @VirenOswall... See more

Instagram has made shopping your feed a near-seamless experience, which has spawned an endless stream of brands that only exist on the app. But the thrifting accounts toe a line between the personal and commercial. Auctioning off old clothes on Instagram is a very 2020 part-time job, and it follows in the footsteps of other ways teens use social... See more

Writing books is largely a charitable act. Don’t write to make money. Write to get a message out. Seth Godin says “Publishing a book is really nothing but a socially acceptable opportunity to promote yourself and your ideas far and wide and often”.