Jason Shen
@jasonshen
Exec coach helping founders and creative leaders rebound and reinvent so they do more of what matters most.
Jason Shen
You know crossing spears as a guard felt gooood
Creative re-imagining of widely panned Apple ad by reversing the order
Soul Painting 🎨📱 shot w @xiaomi #Xiaomi14Ultra #tutorial #photography
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Cool concept for a self portrait
Picking a few hits requires a tolerance for many bad ideas, mediocre ideas, and even good ideas cursed with bad timing. Above all, it requires a business model that supports the inevitability that most new things fail; the most promising ideas often attract a chorus of skeptics; and one big hit can pay for a thousand flops.
Derek Thompson • Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
hits driven businesses are unintuitive
My motivations here are simple.
In 2023, I'm trying to write more emotionally vulnerable and sensory-rich stories from my life. (From last year: What Getting Sued, Scammed, and Arrested Taught Me About Resilience). In a world where seemingly intelligent advice and nonfiction abounds, the power is in the personal. In addition, expressive and personal
... See moreJason Shen | Cultivating Resilience • 138: Effortless Essays
Jerry Seinfeld on how “the only thing in life that’s really worth having is good skill. good skill is the greatest possession.”
More recently I’ve kept repeating to myself, don’t abandon your vision . Decisiveness is knowing myself well enough to take the plunge, then the rest is all faith.
Peak Decisiveness
It’s easy to be brave, briefly. What’s hard is to keep going.