Julian Paul
@julian
Rational optimist building internet things.
Julian Paul
julianpaul.me
Your work is never going to be good enough (for everyone). But it’s already good enough (for someone).
Seth Godin • The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
A quote on writing from author Anne Lamott
Get angry my son. A manifesto.
Fury courses through your veins, yet you sit there, a statue of indifference. Why? Wake up! Your complacency is a straitjacket, suffocating your spirit. The stoic ideology has castrated your passion, fed you the poisonous lie that emptiness is enlightenment. Your apathy isn't zen, it's surrender, waving a white flag to
... See morein 2020, only 268 titles sold more than 100,000 copies, and 96 percent of books sold less than 1,000 copies. That’s still the vibe.
Elle Griffin • No One Buys Books
People think freedom is the power to change what you dislike about the world around you.
You can quit a job you hate. Leave a person who hurts you. Switch cities for a change of scenery. Chop your hair for a new look.
What freedom actually is: the power to change what you dislike about yourself.
Julie Zhuo • The Looking Glass: Prioritize until it hurts
On the hiring line
There have always been two sides: Hiring people to do tasks and jobs, or hoping to be hired to do those tasks and jobs.
The difference now is that it’s increasingly difficult to find a good job to get hired for, and easier than ever to be the person who hires an AI or a person to do a task.
Our understanding of ‘entrepreneur’ needs... See more
There have always been two sides: Hiring people to do tasks and jobs, or hoping to be hired to do those tasks and jobs.
The difference now is that it’s increasingly difficult to find a good job to get hired for, and easier than ever to be the person who hires an AI or a person to do a task.
Our understanding of ‘entrepreneur’ needs... See more