Emilie Kormienko

The 80/20 Rule will help you find the useful things in your past and get more of them in the future. But if you don’t want your future to be more of your past, then you need a different approach.

Perhaps it is not difference, but distance that breeds tribalism and hostility. As proximity increases, so does understanding. I am reminded of Abraham Lincoln's quote, “I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.” Facts don't change our minds. Friendship does.

Cynicism, also called depersonalization, represents an erosion of engagement. It is essentially a way of distancing yourself psychologically from your work. Instead of feeling invested in your assignments, projects, colleagues, customers, and other collaborators, you feel detached, negative, even callous.

Six steps to improve your emotional granularity: try on new perspectives, recategorize what you're feeling, talk about what you're feeling, move your body, improve your vocabulary, write about your experiences. 

Then, we decided to revisit fundraising (and do it differently). We set up an AngelList Roll-Up Vehicle (RUV). Through an RUV, any accredited investor can contribute, up to 250 individual investors in a single round. Our first step with the RUV was to email it to our customers. Why? Because fundamentally, I wanted to enrich the people that are... See more

Silence is death for any idea. An idea that is never spoken or written down dies with the person who conceived it. Ideas can only be remembered when they are repeated. They can only be believed when they are repeated.

My conversation with Punk 6529, a leading thinker and investor in the NFT space, is enjoyable, immersive, informative, fascinating, and extremely important. It will blow your hair off and make your brain melt. I’m going to have to rewatch it a few times to take it all in. I suggest you settle in with a big glass of Rioja or a nice cup of tea and... See more

I can’t overemphasize the value of getting hands-on experience, combined with the time I’d previously spent on research.