Francesco
@fran
Francesco
Some great photography included in this. Very inspiring in case I’ll ever (very unlikely but..) be involved in creative direction for a shoot or video
I have made up an organization system that I have not really seen before, and this works even before you declutter to make decluttering less overwhelmed and easier. Create monthly folders. For example, one folder called January, one folder called February etc. Do that with every month of the year until December. Then you declutter that month for... See more
What’s the most surprising and effective digital decluttering tip you’ve come across?
I am a marketer, I sell tin foil to people who wear tin foil hats.
r/marketing - Reddit
Cruel optimism, social media and big tech
Why do we do this though? Most of us marketers are smart and perspicacious, how did we fall for this trap? Or are we here just because we had to carry on with the times?
Hiring manager: “We want someone who can hit the ground running.”
Me: Shows up in sneakers, already sprinting
Them: “Whoa whoa, not that fast.”
Me: Shows up in sneakers, already sprinting
Them: “Whoa whoa, not that fast.”
This LinkedIn comment said it best
I don’t care if I’m popular, I’m just going to do this. I’m a lifer in this. I’m going to do this forever.
On redefining what it means to be successful
People don’t need new facts – they need a new story ... change their story and change their behaviour.
Rob Hopkins
Rob Hopkins
Cleaning up and do things differently
I have a full life. A privileged life. An unendangered life. But sometimes the simple joys escape me. Joy is not always a feeling that is freely bestowed upon us, often it is something we must actively seek. In a way, joy is a decision, an action, even a practised method of being. It is an earned thing brought into focus by what we have lost — at... See more
Maria Popova • Audubon on other minds and the secret knowledge of animals, the paradox of joy with Nick Cave and Lisel Mueller, how Dostoyevsky became a writer
I struggle to let joy overwhelm me, rather than fear and self doubts and despair
There’s no urgency to idleness. Why not be idle tomorrow, once you’ve finished everything you have to do today? You will never get a midnight text reminding you to do nothing. You will never get a calendar invite to do nothing.
On the idea of idleness. Of actively not doing in response to a world where everyone is obsessed with doing as much as possible.
One bad habit of being a productivity nerd is trying to optimise every moment for usefulness.