Leilani Do-Le
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Leilani Do-Le
- A PM I once worked with was struggling to persuade somebody of something. I told him to ask them the question, “What data would I have to show you to get you to change your mind?” If they didn’t have a clear answer, then he would know this was an idea they held on faith, a bit like a religious belief. No amount of data can sway a person from their ... See more
from Changing Your Mind by Deb Liu
- dreamers addicted to reality instead of realists addicted to dreams. -Neri Oxman on what she looks for when hiring
9 Life Lessons by Tim Minchin
You don’t have to have a dream. Be micro-ambitious, work with pride on whatever is in front of you. Be careful on long term dreams, if you focus too far in front of you, you won’t see the shiny thing out the corner of your eye.
Don’t seek happiness. Keep busy and aim to make someone else happy and you might find you get
“Truly showing belief in others will buy them a ticket to someplace they never knew.”
-h/t sean feeney
- ‘lore’—it’s a model of knowledge that is able to interface with both reality and fiction.
from I Would Very Much Like To Be Excluded From This Lore by Libby Marrs
- When the traveler wants a big experience, he goes to a big city to see big things. But when he wants an “ authentic” experience, he must eschew the most well-trodden places, possibly the cities themselves, to find it. He must seek out places that have not yet been touched by “tourism”, he must find the people and places that still have remoteness —... See more
from Small Spaces by Simon Sarris
