Forest Linden
@forestlinden
Eternal learner, rabbit holer, curator, and synthesizer. Father, husband, my dog's human, and wilderness wanderer. I write only when I have something worth saying and try to help people through my writing.
Forest Linden
“According to Darwin’s Origin of Species, it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.”
~ Leon C. Megginson
I keep thinking about this quote as I sit with all the massive changes happening on the internet as a result of AI, of search and SEO changing drastically, of paid ads not working like they used to, of entire business models not working like they used to, such as selling online courses. Are they only ones who make it through these changes going to be those who embrace dozens and dozens of AI tools and approaches to using them in business?
“I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid.”
- Cato
“Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life."
-Hunter S. Thompson 🤌
from Make your Stuff by Austin Kleon:
“it’s not enough to be good. In order to be found, you have to be findable.”
“If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share.”
“Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple.”
“Teaching people
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Our bias is to always add more. More rules, more procedures, more code, more features, more stuff. Interdependencies proliferate, and gradually strangle us. Systems want to grow and grow, but without pruning, they collapse. Slowly, then spectacularly.
When a piece of trash drifts across the beach, it is our duty to pick it up so the next person can... See more
When a piece of trash drifts across the beach, it is our duty to pick it up so the next person can... See more
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Yes, you could fail, but we all know what happens when you don’t try—nothing.