Matt O'Donnell
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On a never-ending search for interesting things
Matt O'Donnell
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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
Hindsight’s a bitch
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 more a project scares you, the more that probably means it’s worth doing.”
–Damien Chazelle
–Damien Chazelle
Britton Perelman • Just a moment...
The study revealed a powerful priming effect: participants who first wrote about their present situation before thinking about the future showed significantly more exploratory thinking than those who were first primed by the past8. This highlights that our immediate mindset heavily influences how we approach what's next.
getmatter.com • Science Digest: Teamwork, Focus, Perspective, and More!
“The ability to work through exhaustion can get founders from point A to point B, but it isn’t sustainable. Start on your self-care now,”
this exercise • Critical Startup Skills You May Be Overlooking
“You can’t talk butterfly language with caterpillar people.”
Trish Deseine