Dominik Schwarz

A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time—most people don’t even try, and just accept that things are the way that they are.

People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching a... See more

Knowing your biggest competition isn’t other brands in the category; it’s indifference. And realizing that criticism is just a form of caring.

Lisa Bodell's executive exercise to "Kill your own company" I challenged each of those groups to identify who their number one competitor was. And then I said, "Pretend you're that competition. Pretend you have that hat on. I want you to put yourself out of business." I mean -- the room lit on fire. They were so excited, because I gave them permiss... See more

What the humans like is responsiveness

Build for good actors, rather than hedge against the bad actors. I love Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales‘ steak knives analogy. Imagine you’re designing a restaurant that serves steak. Subsequently, you’re going to be giving everyone steak knives. There’s always the possibility that people with knives will stab each other, but you won’t lock everyone in cag... See more