Natalie Audelo

@natalieaudelo

designing social architecture and community experiences that build trust, generate creativity, and encourage authentic human connection. exploring the healing power of play, movement, music and other integrative practices.

One of the things that surprised me the most was to see that for any piece of work being shared, designers would put together a keynote deck for it. It could be the smallest thing, like a quick look at the latest work progression, or big presentations, of course. At Apple, designers use the power of storytelling to influence others, instead of just
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from What I Learned as a Product Designer at Apple by Andrea Pacheco
building great work cultures
Remember, people are often drawn to things that are done imperfectly. Whether it’s art, movies, or books, people tend to talk more about the flawed things that get stuck in their heads than they do the obvious, perfect things.

As Malcolm Gladwell says, “You want an aftertaste, and that comes from not everything being perfectly blended together.”
from The Profile: The parenting guru offering practical solutions & the player re-defining basketball
loving the process
The reason we’re so increasingly intolerant of long articles and why we skim them, why we skip forward even in a short video that reduces a 300-page book into a three-minute animation — even in that we skip forward — is that we’ve been infected with this kind of pathological impatience that makes us want to have the knowledge but not do the work of... See more
from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Maria Popova
loving the process and
The monotony of life contains a reservoir of ways to find relief, if we can only muster the courage and energy to dive in instead of opting out. If today you find yourself bored with your work—perhaps surfing around and reading some random essay on happiness—you may have just gotten a signal from the universe that it’s time for your spirit to evolv... See more
from Kierkegaard’s Three Ways to Live More Fully by Arthur C. Brooks
loving the process
The lesson I learned from this is that it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. If you give in to “just this once,” based on a marginal cost analysis, as some of my former classmates have done, you’ll regret where you end up. You’ve got to define for yourself what you stand for and draw th
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from How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen
Entrepreneur Cindy Gallop on how to build a successful business:

“There is a formula for success in business, and it goes like this: You set out to find the very best talent in the marketplace, and then give them a compelling and inspirational vision of what you want them to achieve for you and the company. Then you empower them to achieve those goa... See more
from 3-2-1: On inspiration, how to lose, and building a successful business by James Clear
good leadership
Too often, we think of notebooks as a way-station: a necessary stop en-route to the perfected, polished work of art. But what if the notebook is the work of art? What if the process of taking notes is the point?
loving the process and Creativity
Competence is how good you are when there is something to gain. Character is how good you are when there is nothing to gain. People will reward you for competence. But people will only love you for your character.
by Mark Manson
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loving the process
Investment Principles recollection by some of history’s best investors.
note · by Juan Orbea on Investment Principles.pdf

from What I Learned as a Product Designer at Apple by Andrea Pacheco

from The Profile: The parenting guru offering practical solutions & the player re-defining basketball

from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Maria Popova

from Kierkegaard’s Three Ways to Live More Fully by Arthur C. Brooks

from How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clay Christensen

from 3-2-1: On inspiration, how to lose, and building a successful business by James Clear

note · by Juan Orbea on Investment Principles.pdf