Philip Soriano
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Philip Soriano
Most people quit because they don't realize that 2-3 months of feeling like you have no idea what you're doing is a feature not a bug.
DAN KOEsubstack.comI think we are moving away from the era of social media and into an era of online micro-communities. More intentional, less chaos. Smaller, but more valuable. More boundaries, more containment.
We were never made to read the unhinged thoughts of hundreds of strangers each day, but we were made to gather around fires... See more
Laura Matsue Guenthersubstack.comThe “unlived life” refers to the aspects of a parent’s existence that remain unexplored, unexpressed, or suppressed. These unrealized potentials may stem from various sources, including societal expectations, personal fears, or unresolved traumas.
Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their children than the unlived life of the... See more
Kulwant Saluja • The Unlived Life: Carl Jung’s Profound Insight into Parental Influence
Parenting and Fatherhood
Raising a son is real work, but we have to get this right, because if we don’t teach our sons, the world will. If we don’t teach our sons about women, pornography will. If we don’t teach our sons about friendship, they’ll live a life of loneliness. If we don’t teach our sons about leadership, they’ll be followers all of their lives. Being a father
... See moreDavid Kinnaman • The Intentional Father
There are three types of friendship, Aristotle says. The first one is based on pleasure—the way our relationship in high school was all about laughing, or the way you can date someone because they are hot and make you feel good. The second is based on utility—you’re friends because it is useful, because your friend plays drums and you need a... See more
friendship and
I’d guess a good test of the viability of a market opportunity to sell AI-built “work” is, crudely, whether there already exists a focused, outsourced group internationally to support it.
As Paul Graham said in his essay “Do Things That Don’t Scale”: A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or don’t. You build something, make it available, and if you’ve made a better mousetrap, people beat a path to your door as promised. Or they don’t, in which case the market must not exist. Actually startups take off... See more
Gabriel Weinberg • Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth
