Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category

We believe that “networking” is sharing. People listen to (and follow) us because of our discernment and curatorial instinct. As we share our creations as well as what fascinates us, we authentically build a community of supporters that give us feedback, encouragement, and lead us to new opportunities. For this reason and more, we often [...]


  via The Future of Self-Improvement, Part I: Grit Is More Important Than Talent :: Articles :: The 99 Percent.


Most people overrate their own abilities and exaggerate their capacity to shape the future. That’s fine. Optimistic people rise in this world. The problem comes when these optimists don’t look at themselves objectively from the outside. The planning fallacy is failing to think realistically about where you fit in the distribution of people like you. [...]


    Yes, creativity can lead to a surplus of original ideas. But when it comes time to sell those concepts internally, and then later take those ideas to market, creativity is not enough. More important is conviction. “Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos via frog: Why [...]


“It’s not ‘who you share with,’ it’s ‘who you share as,’” Poole told us. “Identity is prismatic.” via 4chan’s Chris Poole: Facebook & Google Are Doing It Wrong.


[Creativity is] the desire to push it, to put fear and apprehension to one side and take the time and effort to really explore. To try everything, sometimes the best things happen out of a happy mistake. There is also an intuition, trusting your eye or gut, if it works, don’t question it, if it [...]



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