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Visualization is a powerful motivator. Here a teacher inspires students by using AI-generated images of their future selves based on their ambitions. https://t.co/V3i0ZcyLdwideas and
- When you start managing someone, use your 1:1s in the first couple of weeks to understand their Context. Most new managers focus solely on Content (projects/goals/blockers). But Context + Content lets you move faster from Rapport to Credibility to Trust. Example 1:1 questions:
Larry David said in an interview that at the end of each season of Curb your Enthusiasm, he feels there are no more good ideas and questions whether there could be another season.
... See more“So at the end of the season, there’s this hole — there aren’t any ideas that he really likes — so how could he possibly do another season? He’s the only person on the pla
- "On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions". Thomas Sowell
But there is tremendous power in defining ideals, even if they ultimately remain out of reach. Considering all that is at stake, we have to at least try.
Agency and Personal Manuals, Manifestos, principles, and Read MEs
- Combined valuations of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix & Google: 2020: $5.1 trillion 2015: $1.6 trillion 2010: $265 billion 2005: $130 billion
Many things in the world have not been named; and many things, even if they have been named, have never been described.
Notes on Camp, Susan Sontag.
Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:
Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,
... See more- I often take care of people after suicide attempts. When they explain why they tried to die, a large proportion say they could no longer see “the point” in life. “There’s no meaning for me, no reason to live.” Most clinicians push against this idea to dissuade people from it. 1/
