sari
- Being a founder requires constant calibration between arrogance and humility, optimism and pessimism. You need the arrogance to believe that you have something important to say, but the humility to know most people won’t care. You need the optimism to convince yourself and others (employees, investors, customers) to believe in you. But you need pes... See more
from Things I'm thinking about by sari azout
I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am.
- Charles Horton Cooleyfrom i am who i think you think i am by botharetrue.substack.com
- Maybe “what have you done for the world” isn’t even the right question. It assumes an acting upon, separate from-ness. What if the good stuff happens less when you act upon the world and more when you become one with it? Part of it.
from What does your stupid art even do for the world? by Alex Dobrenko`
- I usually don’t know what I want until someone shows me, or until I encounter it in the world for the very first time. That’s why, when I work with a creative professional like an illustrator, I am careful never to lead them too much about what silly ideas I think I have; I want to give them maximum freedom to put their own stamp of creativity on m... See more
from Why We Need More Omakase Creators by read.lukeburgis.com
“People get better at regulating their impulses. They learn how to distract themselves from temptations. And once you’ve gotten into that willpower groove, your brain is practiced at helping you focus on a goal.
from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Human Behavior and Personal Manuals, Manifestos, principles, and Read MEs
- Technology treats the process of consuming and the process of creating as distinctly different, when the reality is that for our brains, the process of absorbing a book is not all too different from the process of producing one. We are always seeking new connections, combining and recombining old ideas to produce new ones. So why is it that we cons... See more
from Things I'm thinking about by sari azout
- models, despite their reputation for impartiality, reflect goals and ideology
from Weapons of Math Destruction Quotes by Cathy O'Neil
"models are opinions embedded in mathematics" - I SAY THIS GENUINELY AND WITH NO SUBTEXT
from The Best Thing to Text a Friend | Cup of Jo by Joanna Goddard
to communicate well and Human Stuff
love this phrase… funny how a simple choice of words can make you sound so much more real
- I find it fascinating & troubling that humans are getting lonelier as we simultaneously create a world that’s both safer and wealthier.
from Tweet by Esther Crawford