Shaunna Van Hout
@svh
Shaunna Van Hout
As my work-driven identity dissolved, I felt a burning ambition across all facets of life. Instead of a desire to achieve goals that society told me were valuable, I felt a hunger to discover what makes me feel fully alive. Instead of a commitment to “winning” other people’s games, I felt a commitment to design a life that I deeply enjoy inhabiting... See more
Sam Sager • Work, Ambition, and Identity
Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create.
Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
As I said, most companies and most interviews focus more on the question: can this person do what we need? But if you’re trying to recruit the best talent in the world, it needs to start with them. Who are they? What do they love doing? What are their ambitions? How does their past shape what they want for their future? What are they insecure about... See more
Molly Graham • Fit
I recently wrote about “existential burnout” which isn’t just “I’m tired from over-working” — it’s something much bigger and deeper, affecting a huge proportion of society because so many factors just simply aren’t working. We are going through massive change post-pandemic, and many people aren’t able to work and “produce” in the same way.
It’s the mark of a charlatan to try and explain simple things in complicated ways, and the mark of a genius to explain complicated things in simple ways
Naval Ravikant • The Angel Philosopher - Naval Ravikant
“I’m more interested now in the conversation around what “success” truly feels like on a personal level when you are portraying a life that feels good rather than looks good visually. Figuring this out has changed my life.” - Emma Gannon
In a word, we’ve struggled for two years to find someone with taste—with an eye for what stands the chance of being interesting, entertaining, or useful to an audience.
We’re not alone. I’ve talked to authors, podcasters, documentarians, late-night TV writers, YouTubers and TikTokers, and they all share this problem. Most of these creators are
... See moreBilly Oppenheimer • The Cup of Coffee Theory of AI
I could have wrote this, so perfectly stated.