Jay Matthews
@jaymatthews
Aspiring corporate anthropologist, investment ecologist, & data psycho-analyst; Workaholic in remission
Jay Matthews
Network: group of interconnected people or system of things
Future • All about Network Effects
It is true we have mismanaged our forests and suppressed fire for decades. We have ignored and failed to listen to the wisdom of Indigenous People who have understood and lived with fire for generations. We have built our homes within the woods when we should have respected the necessary breathing spaces between the domestic and the wild. We have... See more
Terry Tempest Williams • The Pall Of Our Unrest
cannot have fun if you're not in flow: good for us
fun is the
cause of human thriving
Catherine Price • Catherine Price: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
The way that education can lock us into careers, or at least substantially direct the route we travel, would not be so problematic if we were excellent judges of our future interests and characters.
Maria Popova • How to Find Fulfilling Work
We know that in markets and industries where there is a score, people do improve, and markets are efficient. For example, in sales, it's very clear what a good day is, it's very clear what a bad day is, and people are motivated to improve. You can measure who's great and who's not. If there's someone junior on the team who's really good, they're
... See moreDaniel Gross • Finding Undiscovered Talent
Dragonfly
dragonfly.xyz
venture capital and
Proposition 6. Institutionalized organizations seek to minimize inspection and evaluation by both internal managers and external constituents.
American Journal of Sociology • Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony on JSTOR
"Trying to make sense of the senseless, to process the unthinkable as it’s happening, the news cycle is already moving on, you haven’t stopped crying about the other recent tragedies, don’t know how to hold all this, your mind like a vase that is leaking, trying to find some way to contain all of this but it slips out, into everything, onto every... See more
Shelby Lorman • how do you cope?
On Hiring: look for these 4 qualities, the rest can be taught
- Very deep love for learning: love learning and will do it for free, being intellectually curious
- Incredible work ethic: can test for this
- Investing is an EQ business not an IQ business, about mental flexibility: persistence and grit: beaten down and pucked in the face, seen hardship, come