Jason Shen
@jasonshen
Exec coach helping founders and creative leaders rebound and reinvent so they do more of what matters most.
Jason Shen
The untold story of what fuels Michael Jordan's legendary fire
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"We had field days in elementary school where in May you'd go out and have a 100-yard dash," he says. "Even then, Mike, he hated losing. Some of the memories I have on activity buses going to football, basketball, baseball games. There was many times we'd have a game of cards on the activity bus. And we'd get to the school we were playing, and Mike hadn't been winning the last few hands? He wouldn't let anybody get off the bus."
If youâve ever wondered what Lord of the Rings would look like as a Cyberpunk themed film, wonder no more
In his 1905 essay âOn Reading,â Marcel Proust puts it nicely: âWith books there is no forced sociability. If we pass the evening with those friendsâbooksâitâs because we really want to. When we leave them, we do so with regret and, when we have left them, there are none of those thoughts that spoil friendship: âWhat did they think of us?âââDid we... See more
Ceridwen Dovey ⢠Can Reading Make You Happier? | the New Yorker
Books were like early version of AI therapist / friends
closeness creates room for greater conflict
An Asian American creator opens up about the struggle of self love and her silly song for aapi heritage month
/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:
Why are we doing this?
Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
Whatâs the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
Whatâs your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compound?
Are you solving a
How to sharpen your ideas
First off, I realize I can continue refining my humanity and my empathy skills. I hope to take more listening, relationship, and communication courses in 2023 to sharpen this critical skillset.
Jason Shen ⢠131: How to Be Human in the Age of Generative AI
when we first started @readwise, all i did for the first summer was write personalized cold emails to anyone who'd expressed pain around their Kindle highlights online
it was grueling, rejection-laden work, but in July 2017 we celebrated our first "best day ever":
the inimitable @craigmod... See more
Things that donât scale for Readwise growth
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