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To borrow Tim Urban’s analogy, a startup is a place for chefs. A corporation is a place for cooks. Chefs are in the pursuit of the next great recipe that no one has created yet. Cooks spend almost all their time wondering how to turn an old recipe into a dish quicker, cheaper, better.
One works in a lab, the other in a kitchen. There’s a big... See more
One works in a lab, the other in a kitchen. There’s a big... See more
Satyajit Rout • Should This, Not Can This, Product be Built?
When stumped by a life choice, choose “enlargement” over happiness. I’m indebted to the Jungian therapist James Hollis for the insight that major personal decisions should be made not by asking, “Will this make me happy?”, but “Will this choice enlarge me or diminish me?” We’re terrible at predicting what will make us happy: the question swiftly... See more
oliverburkeman.com • Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life
“OTHER PEOPLE It’s hard to accept that other people’s lives are as full and real and now as yours. You look at someone and sort of think, against your intellectual knowing better, that they have a less complex life, they’re able to flit about, their lives aren’t clogged with the same kind of pressing deadlines, they don’t really have cousins like
... See moreToday, this culture is at its fever pitch. But there’s also been a backlash: There’s been innumerable talk about the millennial burnout, the dangers of hustle porn, the warnings about our ever-shortening attention spans, and about the benefits of unplugging. We are all embracing the quiet time.
Ana Andjelic • Personal branding for people who hate personal branding
800 page novels, 3.5 hour blockbuster movies, 4+ hour podcasts… Not to mention homesteading social media accounts with millions (and millions) of followers, slow food journaling version 2.4 promoting sourdough bread-making, old-school pickling and marmalade making — what’s going on?
Are we experiencing a new and evolved slow revolution? Is this the... See more
Are we experiencing a new and evolved slow revolution? Is this the... See more
"The economy is just smart people paying beautiful people to promote stuff to insecure people." — @ShaanVP
David Perell • Tweet
“Because it’s cool” is an underrated way to make decisions
-via Jason Yuan