Emily Sokolow
@emsok
Flexible generalist, started in SEO, pivoted into brand.
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Emily Sokolow
one of the most important and subtle questions in science is problem selection. How do you choose what to work on? No one tells you what to do. And you do have to answer this question multiple times. With a company, in some sense, you have to decide it once, and then it's an iterative process from there. Whereas in science, you're frequently pursui... See more
critical thinking and sharpening the blade
Problem selection and how to think, referencing āApprentice to Geniusā
"Collaborate Together" - A New Way for Arab and Jewish Youth Collaboration in Mixed Cities throughout Israel
The report details the positive impact of the "Collaborate Together" project, fostering Arab-Jewish youth relations in mixed cities in Israel post-2021 social unrest through meaningful interactions and mutual understanding.
files.webversion.netCollapse the talent stack every chance you get .
As I reflect on the teams Iāve led and hundreds of start-ups Iāve worked with, there is a consistent unfair competitive advantage iāve witnessed when the talent stack was collapsed - when the lead designer was also the product leader, when the front-end engineer was also a designer, when the designer... See more
As I reflect on the teams Iāve led and hundreds of start-ups Iāve worked with, there is a consistent unfair competitive advantage iāve witnessed when the talent stack was collapsed - when the lead designer was also the product leader, when the front-end engineer was also a designer, when the designer... See more
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Why hiring flexible specialists unlocks growth opportunities
āYou know yourself mostly by your thoughts.
Everyone else in the world knows you only by your actions.
Everyone else in the world knows you only by your actions.
James Clear ā¢ 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (August 29, 2019) | James Clear
happiness less as a goal and more as a by-product of mastery and meaning.
Adam Grant ā¢ Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
There are about 4,000 weeks in a lifetime. Itās a lot easier to make time for things you love when you view the world in weeks, rather than years.
Krista Tippett ā¢ Oliver Burkeman ā Time Management for Mortals
WORDS: Genius by David Whyte
thevalueofsparrows.wordpress.com
Things to come back to when Iām feeling meh
āTo live out our genius is to live out the conversation between our particular inherited body and the body of the world from which we seem to have been made.ā
The gambler needs to learn new knowledge about the machines and simultaneously use what they have already learned to optimize their decisions. In the literature, these two activities are referred to as exploring and exploiting. You canāt do both things at the same time. When you explore, you are pulling new arms on the bandit trying to figure out t... See more
Henrik Karlsson ā¢ Almost Everyone Iāve Met Would Be Well-Served Thinking More About What to Focus On
The Multi-Armed Bandit Problem
At age 96, Alex Katz is still expanding as an artist.