Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product strategy at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
I turned forty earlier this March, and as I enter my forties, I’d like to leave a breadcrumb to revisit when I’m fifty.
These four themes are what I intend to be guiding principles for how I live my life and prioritize my time in my 40s:
Peter Kangtwitter.comthe idea of leaving a personal digital 'breadcrumb' for 10 years down the line
But these activities are all separate from the feelings needed to fully and sustainably participate: the courage, optimism, trust, love, intimacy, curiosity. The resilience to push through the inevitable feelings of fear, overwhelm, frustration, and hurt. The stamina to go through cycles of all of these feelings and more, again and again, and... See more
Community is About What We Are Willing to Feel
from Group Hug by Elise Granata
The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
Casper ter Kuilegoodreads.com
Fuller blames this thinning on two factors. First, extreme partnership has led to “an intense focus” on specific political outcomes, rather than developing better democratic processes. Second, large private foundations and governments are putting money into their own agendas, rather than tools to empower everyday citizens.
In Online Democracy, Fun Is Imperative
- #fyi — had a thought, no real hill to die on.
- #suggestion — there’s a hill, I’m not going to die on it. But this is what I would do if I were you.
- #recommendation — I’m climbing the hill, I won’t die on it. But I’ve thought about this a lot, and don’t ignore the feedback.
- #plea — I don’t like dying on hills and that’s not really what we do, but this
Lane Shackleton • Flashtags
Why YSK: Ever wondered why women want men to just *understand* everything, why some people have a *blunt style of talking, prefer honesty and get impatient with waffling* or why some people have *difficulty asking people outright for help, dislike conflict and often worry about imposing on people*? The answer is simple to explain but not as easy to... See more
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