Co-Founder & CEO of Teleport. Writer of Goodwill Hunting, a newsletter hunting the best pre-loved fashion finds, insights, and jobs. 11+ years of buying no new clothes.
Eschewing an overt materialism, the rich are investing significantly more in education, retirement and health. Education accounts for almost 6% of top 1% household expenditures, compared with just over 1% of middle-income spending. Inconspicuous consumption confers social mobility.
As a recovering perfectionist and Type A high-achiever, I wish some wise mentor sat me down early in my career to explain the difference between ambition and agency.
Human communication is based on the exchange of social signals that are essentially multimodal. If these signals deviated from expected patterns, this indicated problems in the communication. The pattern of deviation identified the type of problem suggesting how to repair it.