Lakshmi
@floatydisco
Lakshmi
I think of writing a lot like walking. It’s rarely the most popular, the most effective, or the most efficient way of getting to your destination. I don’t always want to do it, and it’s not always technically enjoyable; sometimes it’s boring or slow, sometimes it’s tiring and pointless, sometimes it’s cold or wet or windy and I’m retracing the same... See more
Rayne Fisher-Quann • Choosing to Walk
Every “hi” is a first impression. To do it well, lead with curiosity instead of apathy, mistrust, or resignation.
Now, here’s what 99% of people get wrong:
They wait for the interaction to start, and only then force a smile ❌
That’s wayyyyy too late.
The magic only happens if you start smiling BEFORE:
You should start smiling befor... See more
They wait for the interaction to start, and only then force a smile ❌
That’s wayyyyy too late.
The magic only happens if you start smiling BEFORE:
- 5 seconds before you open your camera on Zoom call
- 5 seconds before you pick up the phone
- 5 seconds before walking into the meeting room
You should start smiling befor... See more
Tom Orbach • The dumbest career hack that's worked 100% of the time 🍓
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.
— Annie Dillard, ’The Writing Life’, 1989
the science of business is scaling, and the art of business is things that don’t scale
Scott Belsky • The Wild Future of Commerce & The Rise of Conformative Software
What risk are we radically underestimating as a species? What are we overestimating?
I think we’ve still underestimated the harms of scrolling. I am careful to say “scrolling” because I don’t think social media is itself a bad thing, nor do I think screens are uniformly bad. I think it’s specifically the act of scrolling, which forces us to ingest,... See more
I think we’ve still underestimated the harms of scrolling. I am careful to say “scrolling” because I don’t think social media is itself a bad thing, nor do I think screens are uniformly bad. I think it’s specifically the act of scrolling, which forces us to ingest,... See more
Nadia Asparouhova • Nadia Asparouhova on antimemetics, nuclear mysticism, and scrolling
You just need to be smart enough to understand that your success is more about your courage than your intelligence.
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