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Francesco
I added a sample intro email to my studio contact page and it’s been a delight to have a few folks use it. (Anecdote, not data, but everyone that’s used it turned out to be a delightful client.) https://t.co/EDxZiwgmW0
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Same here. I don’t think consistency is the key. Most of what we read is just noise all around. It’s not only about Substack, it’s about every platform I’m in.
For me, the point isn’t ten thousand posts a day, but writing something that’s real about myself. And that’s exactly what I want to read from other people too,... See more
Simone Adelchinosubstack.comThinking the offering map has to be ALL of your storytelling? No. It is just one surface where you have to be extra clear. Your values can shine through in many other surfaces where you have an opportunity to go deeper and be weirder.
You’re doomscrolling because you’re looking for something to transform you but you can’t stay with one thing for long enough to be transformed by it. You have short attention span on an existential scale. You’re gliding past thousands of small worlds in minutes, laughing at one post, feeling dread at the next, tempted to buy something right after.... See more
Sherry Ning • You’re bored because you don’t love anything
Ikea lets its price tags tell the story in clever new campaign
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Tu sei il mattino by Lucio Corsi on Apple Music
music.apple.comNot marketing but art: a brilliant music video
Recent research shows that people are uncomfortable if left alone with their thoughts, even for a few minutes. In one experiment, people were asked to sit quietly—without a phone or a book—for fifteen minutes. At the start of the experiment, they were also asked if they would consider administering electroshocks to themselves if they became bored.
... See moreSherry Turkle • Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
The harsh truth is that emotional strength is often a necessity, not a choice. After all who wants to be thrown out into a storm and count “not screaming” as an achievement. Most of us grow up not wanting or imagining to be thrown into a storm in the first place. But when we face life’s toughest realities, emotional strength becomes essential for... See more
Tahira Tahir • Strength is overrated
Reading this reminds me how I’ve very rarely chased chased strength in life. Growing up, strong people reminded me of those masculine figures in my life, family or friends, that made me feel insecure and less than. So becoming as strong as them was never the goal.
Strength is overrated. Emotional strength is often a… | by Tahira Tahir | Medium
I greatly appreciated the chance to stress test my productivity system this last six months or so. I learned a few important lessons about myself:
- I’m imaginative in the less intensive part of the year and I imagine myself doing more than I’m capable of in the intense part of the year.
- When push came to shove, having a very basic, skeleton plan for
Stress Testing Your Productivity System: Three Tips for When Your Productivity System Fails You – The Sweet Setup
Brilliantly describes the method (or non-method) that I think works well for me