Monojoy
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Monojoy
When we jump into a task without thinking about what we’re trying to accomplish, we can end up with solutions to the wrong problem. We can waste energy that would be better spent determining which direction to take.
When deciding what you’re doing, ask yourself:
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When deciding what you’re doing, ask yourself:
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What before how.
“I don't wait for things to cross my desk. I go out and look for them. I made 250 calls a day."
My job is not to think about what exists but rather what I want that does not yet exist.
Lessons I'm still learning
Adam Mosseri on Rick Rubin’s Tetragammaton:
... See moreI worry about getting lost in the abstract. If you think far out in some ways, it's empowering because you can be thinking at a bigger scale. But in some ways, you can run the risk of getting lost in the abstract of the philosophical and becoming detached from the work. One of my greatest fears is that I
Synthesis as art:
Howard Gardner • A Look Inside “A Synthesizing Mind” by Howard Gardner (Book Summary)
billion dollar idea from @m_ashcroft: learn how to distinguish “this feels wrong” (harmful to me) from “this feels wrong” (unfamiliar to me)
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