Matt O'Donnell
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On a never-ending search for interesting things
Matt O'Donnell
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Hindsight’s a bitch
If you can’t solve for the hardest part, the part with the most uncertainty, there’s no point in doing anything else.
Annie Duke • Grit or Quit? Tactical Advice for Founders Facing Tough Company Building Decisions
Your lack of accountability has nothing to do with tactics. It has to do with your emotions.
Jeff Matlow | The Best Leadership Newsletter Ever • 272. The Emotional Accountability of What's Important
The surest path to fix anything? Be honest about what's broken. And that can happen from anywhere.
getmatter.com • Monday MGMT Minute: Why RTO Won't Fix Cultural Rot
Your next great ride is building in a yet unseeable swell. And when it does suddenly make its appearance, you’ve got to paddle like Hell to catch it. I never understood the confluence of luck and effort so clearly.
Isabel Cowles Murphy • surf school
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... See more
Jasmine Sun • the scenic route
Too many people think freedom is the ability to do anything you want, instead of the discipline to not be a slave to your compulsions.
Ayishat Akanbix.com