“We protect money because it's visible and throw away time because it's not.
If you burn money, people call you crazy. If you burn time, they call you busy.
We treat money as valuable because it's quantifiable and time as disposable because it's not.”
- Shane Parrish
Nobody has ever picked a perfect March Madness bracket. Ever. 1 in 9.2 quintillion odds. And yet millions of people fill one out every single year.
What a great metaphor for life. Stop waiting for the perfect plan. Just fill out your bracket and play.
"The more you create, the more powerful you become. The more you consume, the more powerful others become." — James Clear
This is 1 of my 9 principles for living a good life: create more than you consume. It's not just about power. It develops a sense of meaning and purpose.
“It is common to oppose a truth but impossible to resist a story.”
- Anthony de Mello
Bad advertising sells features.
Good advertising sells benefits.
Great advertising tells a story.
What do Boundary, Lizzo, & Harry Styles have in common? We’re all nominated for @TheWebbyAwards 2023!
Last year we launched a new website for @remedyplace & now it's a finalist for the People’s Voice Award. Go vote for it here! https://t.co/uOxAS6FspF
#webbys#webbyawards
We’re in Wave 1 of a 3-Wave Generative Tech revolution.
1: Wrappers around AI models
2: Generative AI Inside
3: Visionary
But Wave 1 thinking is starting to repeat.
There's an extreme window of opportunity in Waves 2 & 3.
https://t.co/Ul8H819HZ3
Victor Hugo is most famous for writing beloved novels like Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
But he was also one of the greatest painters of the 19th century.
And Hugo's art, kept secret until after his death, is unlike anything you've seen before...
7 research studies reveal the traits and experiences that entrepreneurs have in common - https://t.co/VvgpNyCpx5
I read a lot of #tech newsletters and @thegeneralistco by @mariogabriele is my favorite.
Everything that needs to be created needs to be designed - not just products and marketing, but processes, experiences, organizations, forms, and materials.
"The more an idea is tied to your identity, the more you will ignore evidence it is false. To continue to grow and learn, you must be willing to update, expand, and edit your identity."
– @JamesClear
@farnamstreet Not only an openness to being wrong, but actively seeking evidence that we’re wrong by searching for opposing perspectives or proof to the contrary. The faster we validate we’re wrong, the less time we waste.
A semester’s worth of business school insight in 30 minutes. Quick highlights:
- The power of pre-mortems
- Evidence vs progress
- Aim to fail (then celebrate it)
https://t.co/buaib24m5J
@PeterDiamandis@astroteller
@SlowwCo Yes, but not often with intention. Every choice defines who we are. It’s just unfortunately rare that people strategically cultivate who they want to be.