Jason
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Jason
A story I wrote on hating camping went viral over the weekend. A friend messaged me on Saturday night to say that it was an Apple News Editor's Pick, and then Suzie Loiselle emailed with the stats shown below. I was just interviewed by a Vancouver radio station about the piece. Was this the best story I've ever written? No. But it touched a nerve w... See more
Lola Augustine Brown • Lola Augustine Brown on LinkedIn: A story I wrote on hating camping went viral over the weekend. A friend…
“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
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.
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Business Quotes and Thought provoking
On founders who become CEOs, interesting way of seeing things
As an operator, doing nothing is never the right strategy.
As an investor, doing nothing is often the right strategy.
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? Twitt... See more
Ezra Klein • I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message
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 res... See more
Oliver Reichenstein • AI and the Beauty of Human Flaws
I’ve always had this sense that if you build a container for something, you will make things to fill it. What I frequently do is try to figure out different containers. A website is a container.
The Forbidden Zone
It is, therefore, the sacred duty of every individual human soul to be utterly and completely itself—to be that jewel at that time and in that place, and to be that jewel utterly. It is in this way—merely by being itself—that one jewel holds together its own particular corner of Space and Time. The action of each individual soul holds together the
... See moreStephen Cope • The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Right size is everything. Think of the small as large.