Jonathan Quaade
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Jonathan Quaade
THE PARLIAMENT that passed the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 was alive to the pressing need, in bomb-cratered Britain, for bricks and mortar. If the post-war governments, Labour and Tory, had a consistent north star, it was building homes. Winston Churchill, returned to office in 1951, listed his priorities as “houses, red meat and not
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“There is so much pressure to always better yourself, get good grades, if you have not figured out what exactly you want to do by the time that you are 18 then you are a failure. The modern world is overstimulating enough and I just want a moment where I don't feel like I'm constantly disappointing everyone.”
- Vee, 19 Via Halima’s X
- Vee, 19 Via Halima’s X
In hiring, value intelligence highly. Like focus, intelligence yields increasing returns.
Like focus, intelligence has a convex output curve — the smartest people can be an order of magnitude more productive than others who are only somewhat less smart. The key in hiring is to value potential skill rather than currently existing skill — and
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how to lead and how to interview / hire
Peter Thiel
“If you look at the original installation shots of 1939 through the ’40s, you’re looking at a picture that could have been taken yesterday,” McClellan said. “It’s really not changed much since then.”
Abigail Cain • How the White Cube Came to Dominate the Art World
Anecdote: its wise not to trust them unless you have checked an original source. All too often the story that you use to represent a situation in miniature was made up by a journalist in 1928 or an opera writer in 1782. See Friedman’s Law of Anecdotes for more details.
Sean • Knowing Things Is Hard
3. Say NO more often:
Early on saying yes is what leads to small wins and momentum. Casting a wide net early on can be a great strategy.
As you get more successful guard your time and stay focused. Scope creep is a real thing with all business. Don’t be afraid to turn away customers to stay focused.
There will be many many customers who reach out to... See more
Early on saying yes is what leads to small wins and momentum. Casting a wide net early on can be a great strategy.
As you get more successful guard your time and stay focused. Scope creep is a real thing with all business. Don’t be afraid to turn away customers to stay focused.
There will be many many customers who reach out to... See more
Nick Huber
it’s surprising how rare this is (complete compliance) and even more surprising how instantly and profoundly it produces exactly the desired results
it makes me wonder about all of the ways we know exactly what we need to do and aren’t doing it, or just need someone to help us figure out exactly what we need to do and then hold us to it. either way... See more
it makes me wonder about all of the ways we know exactly what we need to do and aren’t doing it, or just need someone to help us figure out exactly what we need to do and then hold us to it. either way... See more
Isabel • Tweet
The words of Paul Mazur, a leading Wall Street banker working for Lehman Brothers in 1927, are cited: "We must shift America from a needs- to a desires-culture. People must be trained to desire, to want new things, even before the old have been entirely consumed. [...] Man's desires must overshadow his needs."