Jason
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Jason
the key to living a life true to dharma is a complete understanding of and respect for doubt.
Stephen Cope • The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
See the world as your self. Love the world as your self. This is a simple reframe—like taking one small step to the side. You only have to love what you already love.
Stephen Cope • The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Patience. By nature, I’m impatient – with myself, sometimes with others. I like to move forward. I like to get things done. When there’s a problem, I prefer to fix it now . That’s true both professionally and when it comes to interpersonal relationships. When I’m trying to close a deal, I’ll find myself thinking, “What can I do to make it happen... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Kirsten Green
“People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being,” said the old man, with a certain bitterness. “Maybe that’s why they give up on it so early, too. But that’s the way it is.” - The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
raison detre and
In design, AI inspires me no more than elevator music or a business presentation. However, it often shows me what I do not want. When I ask Chat-GPT how I could better phrase something, I almost always get the most uninteresting, boring, often meaningless answer. As an author that writes to say something meaningful, get upset about this, and in... See more
Oliver Reichenstein • AI and the Beauty of Human Flaws
We’ve been told — and taught — that mediums are neutral and content is king. You can’t say anything about “television.” The question is whether you’re watching “The Kardashians” or “The Sopranos,” “Sesame Street” or “Paw Patrol.” To say you read “books” is to say nothing at all: Are you imbibing potboilers or histories of 18th-century Europe?... See more
Ezra Klein • I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message
The extreme of the Shadow response is related to the level of denial not the extreme nature of what is being denied.
Dr. Matthew B. James • Integrate the Shadow, Master Your Path
The Rule of One for copywriting:
You have one reader. One big idea. One promise. And one offer.
Source: unknown person who is no longer alive, probably in advertising and direct response copywriting in the 1920’s.
Most CEOs are CEOs because they started the businesses they run - not because they are abnormally smart or qualified.
Often they’re the least qualified people in the company, since they’re the only ones who didn’t go through an interview process.
Often they’re the least qualified people in the company, since they’re the only ones who didn’t go through an interview process.
Sahil Lavingia • Tweet
Business Quotes and Thought provoking
On founders who become CEOs, interesting way of seeing things