Brian 🌲⛷🌲

optimist, lifelong learner, skier

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

No matter what happens, the right course of action is always compassion and love.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

@jennifer_greenb @ceonyc I’d nominate my former workspace/employer which was home to the pre-pandemic weekly gathering at CIC Cambridge, Venture Café Thursday gathering, it’s been happening for over 10 years.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

@JasonHirschhorn On a donut.

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[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

Greatest eviction date ever: January 20, 2021. 12021 #InaugurationDay

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@amandanat @SarahADowney Seconded.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

@NicoleFichera @CardullosShoppe seaport has your fifth choice in large format. Would you like it?

P.S. I work there!

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

@davegerhardt I often quote Isabelle Allende when writing becomes a topic: Write what should not be forgotten.

Meanwhile, in Managing Oneself, Drucker quotes Beethoven about his need for writing things down immediately and never forgetting it nor needing to look it up again.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

via The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

“But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas all ran away and hid from one little Did.”

—Shel Silverstein

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

@maggiecrowley @craigdaniel Or being a sommelier: lifting things up, putting things down, opening and breaking down boxes, re-stocking and counting bottles. The best times were on the floor, serving customers, learning about their preferences, and—if they were up for it—showing them something new.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

@rseanlindsay Stumbled upon @textio, seems promising.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

“Be the best, it’s the only market that’s not crowded.” - George Whalin via Tom Peters

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

@ColinBrauns And it’s the newest home of Venture Café.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

July 20, 1998: “I know very well that in the next 10 years, if Microsoft is still a leader, we will have had to weather at least three crises.” - Bill Gates on stage at University of Washington with Warren Buffett via Tap Dancing to Work

July 16, 2019 $MSFT market cap: 1.064T

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

“When you cease to dream, you cease to live.” —Malcolm Forbes

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“When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.” - David Ogilvy 👀 ⁦why @davegerhardt⁩ spends so much time on headlines.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

An 18th century trade secret: forceps design—from David Ogilvy’s book published in 1961.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

@bryce @Nicolas_Colin I don’t have kids yet. If I may suggest, read Daniel Coyne’s The Talent Code; there’s a chapter on z-boys and the instant feedback of learning to skate in an empty pool. I think if you combine Coyne’s work with James Clear’s Atomic Habits, you can help them become hard workers.

[Brian 🌲⛷🌲 @sigwang]

“And that trying might turn out to be the most important part of courage.” - Lucy Hawking

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Great book—@dcancel with another extraordinary recommendation—much appreciated, sir.