Lillian Sheng
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Lillian Sheng
How he puts together his talks When I give a speech I use Keynote. I was actually one of the first users of Keynote. I live in it, and it’s the way I think about things. When I give a talk I have about 200 slides, and none of the slides have words on them. Each has a picture and the picture brings up a story that I want to talk about. Each story... See more
every.to • Seth Godin Hates Being Organized
To summarize: defusion is about seeing thoughts as real, but not necessarily true, and about choosing to give weight to the thoughts that help us move toward the lives we want to live.
Casey Rosengren • How To Do Hard Things
Find the most talented person in the room, and if it’s not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. Try to be helpful.” Ramis was lucky: The most talented person in the room was his friend Bill Murray. If you ever find that you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.
Austin Kleon • Steal Like An Artist - a book by Austin Kleon
Gamification features open up new dimensions for an app:1. Retention: owning the user through owning their time. If the app aims to maintain and increase user’s attention real-estate, mini-games encourages frequent app check-ins, increases usage frequency, DAUs and improves retention. The one KPI that Chinese super-apps all adhere to is the... See more
Lillian Li • Premium special: Gamification of Chinese consumer tech
Amygdala - Like all brain regions, the amygdala does many things, but you’ll usually hear it associated with fear and negative emotion. When it comes to goal pursuit, the amygdala appears to act as an emotional calculator—predicting how rewarding or unpleasant the outcome of different goals and tasks might be.
every.to • The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals
Celebrities and online influencers are using digital tokens to monetize their popularity and share the risks of being a star. Bitcloud enables celebrities to sell Creator Coins that fans can buy and sell.
Dror Poleg • The Ponzi Career
The trick is to find a day job that pays decently, doesn’t make you want to vomit, and leaves you with enough energy to make things in your spare time. Good day jobs aren’t necessarily easy to find, but they’re out there.
Austin Kleon • Steal Like An Artist - a book by Austin Kleon
Well, so much for Carson’s three prescriptions. Here are four more prescriptions from Munger: