Matt O'Donnell
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On a never-ending search for interesting things
Matt O'Donnell
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I remember a psychiatrist once telling me that I gamble in order to escape the reality of life, and I told him that’s why everyone does everything.
― Norm Macdonald, 2016
Productivity does not equal busyness.
Foroux • Meaningful Productivity: Achieve More, Stress Less
If you can’t solve for the hardest part, the part with the most uncertainty, there’s no point in doing anything else.
review.firstround.com • Grit or Quit? Advice for Tackling Tough Startup Decisions
All of my startup experience summed up:
The right person with the precise right focus and completely unshackled is 10x as effective as 10 pretty smart people working hard in a vague general direction
Perhaps the simplest and best definition of wisdom I’ve heard is “knowing what information is important.” This kind of knowing is not solely done in the intellect. Data is constantly being fed into your unconscious, then cross referenced against your experience.
thekcpgroup.com • The Attention Span. “Racehorses and Psychopaths.”
Shame is a hidden emotion that is not only destructive but grows powerful the more we hide it.
getmatter.com • Book Summary: The Gift of Imperfection
But busyness has a way of stealing creativity from you. Generative work, like art and writing, requires long periods of nothingness: it’s only in that wide empty space that ideas emerge. Long runs, hot showers, commutes that don’t involve harried Slack messages and listening to podcasts at 2x speed. Sitting at the edge of a dock, listening to the o... See more
Jasmine Sun • the scenic route
“Make sure you're not just collecting debris without actually solving for the hard thing first,”