how many people did you touch > how many people did you reach

Today, we’re announcing a huge change at Tiny. Entrepreneurship is just delegation taken to the extreme. At first, you do it all. Badly and all at once. It sucks. Because you suck. Then you read a book and have a lightbulb moment: You realize that you can hire someone to do the things you’re bad at. It feels like someone has given you the che... See more

2. Write and edit at different times. I used to think writing and editing were the same thing – but they're different processes. And your writing will *always* look good shortly after writing it – because you just wrote it! So, you need to give it time to breathe. Try this:

That Nike post is the perfect articulation of the fact that as soon as all the corporations learned how to be “data driven” all the leverage had already shifted back to those able to make decisions based on taste, insight, and intuition.

(3) Blockbuster Principle - Michael Simmonds @itskierandrew originally recommended I read this article and it makes the quality argument better than I could:

One rule I’ve learned: The “cheap” option is often the most expensive in the long run. Applies to products, but also to decisions. The cheap decision—the hack or shortcut—is rarely the right decision. When you cut corners to “save” you just pay for it later (with interest).

the depth of a conversation depends on how deeply seen you feel, not on the topic of conversation

Surprising fact: To create something truly great you have to repeat a small number of powerful words over and over again