Alex Jungius
@jungle
Alex Jungius
The most underrated skill in business: Being easy to work with. Not the smartest person. Not the most talented. Just the person everyone wants on their team. Returns emails quickly. Doesn't create drama. Makes other people's jobs easier. Shows up prepared. While everyone's trying to be impressive, just be helpful. It pays better.
Scott D. Clarysubstack.comRitual prevents the ordinary from dissolving into invisibility. If you light a candle at dinner, the meal becomes an event. If you walk at the same time each day, it becomes more than exercise. Anthropologists will tell you that rituals function as technologies of attention: certain ordinary acts aren’t trivial, they’re the architecture of meaning.
I wonder how much art has never reached its full flourishing because social media pushes for minimalism as opposed to depth.
The same with writing and culture in general.
Everything feels squeezed into something small and catchy in the hopes of a few more likes or views than usual.
Once you start kneeling and praying, it’s hard to get back to standing and thinking.
The audience comes last. The audience doesn't know what they want. The audience only knows what's come before. - Rick Rubin
money, life, luck, and happiness are 4 kids at the same table, constantly stealing fries off each other's plates, and the older I get the more I realize you need to referee without ruining the meal.money is loud and impatient, but it calms down once you treat it like a utility bill instead of a trophy. stack a cashflow engine (agency, saas, mobile... See more
Paul Venuto • feed updates
the attention economy erodes trust. It rewards the most dramatic claims, the most outrageous behavior, the most compelling narratives regardless of their relationship to truth or long-term consequences.
kyla scanlon • From Dollar Dominance to the Slop Machine
Yancey Strickler’s Nine Creative Meditations
To me or to the mean - Focus on what makes your work strange or unique rather than trying to fit in with what everyone else is doing.
You are your audience - Create work that satisfies your own desires and interests rather than trying to please an imagined mass audience.
Small is more rewarding than big -