It’s not a “pivot” if you don’t lose a bunch of customers.
You can have a job, a career, or a calling— Jeff Bezos
A great quote from @neilhimself about collecting a “compost heap” of ideas an inspirations. I personally call my compost heap...
Exactly 40 years ago in 1983 David Ogilvy from the mega-popular advertising book “Ogilvy On Advertising.” His hand was turned...
I like this sentiment from Lex Fridman. If you dig deep enough you’ll figure out a way to either love...
This quote is a good way to try to build a work life you enjoy.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. -— William Arthur Ward
I like this quote: “Once you understand the motivation, reward and punishment structure of any system, you can begin to control it.” - Guido Van Rossum (founder of the Python programming language) I once heard Cesar Millan (the Dog Whisperer) say all dogs like at least 1 of these 3 different rewards: - Toys - Food - Affection Once you know the type of reward a dog responds to best, it makes it much easier to train! Hugsy likes toys, food, and affection: Sid is primarily motivated by food, and is "meh" on the rest: Poe mostly responds to affection: Knowing the reward/punishment structure seems to help in any system! - Training neural networks - Training dogs - Raising kids— Guido Van Rossum (founder of Python)
Great reminder that people don't necessarily want the product or software itself, but rather the result it brings.
Good friends bring up hard conversations, even if it's unpleasant. If you see a bad habit a close friend is...
“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open."— Stephen King
This is a funny Oscar The Grouch piece of motivation, but somehow sticks in my head 😂
Instead of trying so hard to "sell" you can focus more on helping achieve a goal. Turns out HubSpot's top...
“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”— Yvon Chouinard