Pablo Rodríguez

The most important lesson I’ve learned for developing new products: You don’t have to be the first person to come up with a product idea. In fact, that will rarely be the case. But you can almost always make an existing idea better. And that’s when you get the big wins.

When you choose what to watch or read, you are choosing your future thoughts and perspectives. Only consume what you’d like to become

“Your best work will sit at the intersection of fun and challenge and it’s important to try and design your life to spend as much time there as possible. … Creativity is maintenance.”

I like this distinction. Great art makes you wonder, great design makes things clear.

"One way to stand out is to look for pockets of low competition.

Wake up early—less traffic, fewer people.

Go deeper or narrower in your field—less noise, more space.

People are drawn to where it is crowded. Look for the quiet spaces inside your areas of interest. Excellence often hides at the edges."