Kuririn

Many other supposedly fixed traits can likewise be altered. Some other things you can learn: confidence, charisma, warmth, tranquility, optimism. Someone recently asked me how one might go about learning charisma, and the answer was really boring: by reading a few books, watching many hours of charismatic people interacting with others, and... See more

If you’re only asking for things you get, you’re not aiming high enough.

radical agency is about finding real edges: things you are willing to do that others aren’t, often because they’re annoying or unpleasant

when it comes to making something wonderful, the magic is in the mundane

As leaders, we must move from being the hero to being the architect of environments where others can excel.

The point of the Dynabook was not that it was a tablet, but that it revealed the most important use of computers: to help us think, create and learn. Kay inspired Steve Jobs to turn Apple’s products into “bicycles for the mind.” Yet, for many years, most modern people still use computers as a consumer device.

In a world where everyone has the same tools and data, the only sustainable advantage is the willingness to be systematically unreasonable.

here’s what I’ve learned from working with hundreds of companies: the person who can show you their failures is more valuable than the person who only shows successes