Emily Sokolow

@emsok

Fine artist, writer & communication strategist. Moved from tech to advertising to the woods. NYC ~ Israel ~ LA.

🔎Communication strategy (integrated - brand, digital, content, messaging, SEO)

🎨Oil painting, surrealism, portraiture

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on perfectionism

How to think in writing

Henrik Karlsson open.substack.com

motivation and artist inspiration

Why write

“Ambient music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.”

- Brian Eno

Drone music

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... See more

critical thinking and sharpening the blade

Problem selection and how to think, referencing “Apprentice to Genius”

björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw

Things to come back to when I’m feeling meh and nonverbal communication

By sharing your writing: “You’re putting signals out into the world that you earnestly think are accurate, but at the same time, you’re humbled by the fact that the actual wisdom of your readers is more intelligent than you are, but you become more intelligent as a result of their feedback” – David Perell

Anthony Pompliano • Writing for Leverage, Teenage Billionaires, The Problem with Mainstream Media, and More - David Perell on Off the Chain, Hosted By Anthony Pompliano • Podcast Notes

writing bravely

our achievement budget is a function of the number of priorities we have.

Henrik Karlsson • Almost Everyone I’ve Met Would Be Well-Served Thinking More About What to Focus On

sharpening the blade

Collapse the talent stack every chance you get .

As I reflect on the teams I’ve led and hundreds of start-ups I’ve worked with, there is a consistent unfair competitive advantage i’ve 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

scott belsky • Tweet

org management

Why hiring flexible specialists unlocks growth opportunities

happiness less as a goal and more as a by-product of mastery and meaning.

Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

motivation