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For all the talk about the Passion Economy, it's still discussed mostly in terms of monetization (with a clear focus on subscriptions)
There's so many opportunities to reinvent engagement and distribution, too
3 recent examples from @packyM @kanakhey and @jarroddicker 👇
Maxime Eyraudtwitter.comWhen you say progress here, what are you actually talking about? Is it just shorthand for economic growth or G.D.P.? What is progress? For, me it is something along the lines of our success in realizing a liberal, pluralistic and prosperous society, and a sense among people that their offspring can and probably will do better than they themselves... See more
Ezra Klein • Opinion | We Know Shockingly Little About What Makes Humanity Prosper
The major tech companies, such as Amazon, Google, and Apple, are bad at IP, games, or video (if not all three). Disney excels at IP universes and is building up expertise in film-to-TV transmedia, but it has no interactive assets. At the same time, this could change quickly via acquisition — and the applicability of theme park expertise should not... See more
Matthew Ball • What Is an Entertainment Company in 2021 and Why Does the Answer Matter?
If a parent has no other source of self-worth and self-esteem, which is unhappily true of many parents whose lives are limited to raising “good” children, the stage is set for a dependency on children that makes the parent overanxious and severely needful that the children behave in particular ways.
Thomas Gordon • Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children
Frequent lamenting about how bad things are (in politics or relationships or other culture gripes) is mostly a way for people to avoid responsibility for what they can change. If you constantly repeat that everything is bad, it lets your ego off the hook for doing nothing.
Simon Sarrisx.comProvide allowances to join local chapters of work associations and social clubs, or to take classes, in order to build connections and skills beyond the workplace.
notboring.substack.com • We're Never Going Back
Excellence is the war you wage until every trace of the struggle disappears
💥 Attaining Excellence with Airbnb, Stanley Kubrick, Maya Angelou, and more
easy reading is hard writing
To keep young kids behaving on a car road trip, have a bag of their favorite candy and throw a piece out the window each time they misbehave.