Lillian Sheng

And, if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made — that you made — and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.

“This is water.”

Decline of American company towns By the 1920s the need for company towns had declined significantly due to increased national affluence. Despite income inequalities and a relatively low standard of living conditions amongst factory laborers, the prosperity of the 1920s saw workers’ material well-being improve significantly.

Paying attention to the froth

What is the ACT Matrix? At a high level, the ACT Matrix is a tool to help us better understand where avoidance is coming from and how it’s driving our behavior.

By controlling the whole value chain, goPuff is also able to build a business model with proven positive unit economics. On the supply side, goPuff is able to cut intermediaries and order products directly from CPG brands that it will resell to the end customers with a healthy premium. On the delivery side, goPuff's warehouses are used only for... See more

Newspaper reporters call this a “morgue file”—I like that name even better. Your morgue file is where you keep the dead things that you’ll later reanimate in your work.

“Plant-based,” “low in saturated fat,” “GMO-free,” these are all true things about Oatly, but they don’t mean it’s not bad for you. “we specifically chose rapeseed/canola oil for our products due to its great nutritional profile (low in saturated fats, rich in unsaturated fats, and higher in omega-3 fatty acids than most other oils).“ Those are all... See more

Seth on being productive