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“Every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it.” - Jeff Immelt— Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) January 9, 2022

Don’t take your brand down market. Make your customers reach up instead.— Naval (@naval) January 9, 2022

Fun-fact: In designing the comments on Reddit, I decided to make people automatically upvote their own comments because it felt so sad immediately seeing "0" and because I figured people would do it anyway.— Alexis Ohanian 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ (@alexisohanian) January 8, 2022

The power of creators & community:The YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI, who have a combined 125M followers across social platforms, launched a Gatorade competitor called Prime.Within a few days, Prime has 558K Instagram followers—already half of Gatorade's following. pic.twitter.com/XwbH0mfrXT— Rex Woodbury (@rex_woodbury) January 7, 2022

Pixar's storytelling framework:Once upon a time, there was ___.Every day, ___.One day ___.Because of that, ___.Because of that, ___.Until finally ___.Whether you're a writer, an entrepreneur, or a brand, you can use this "story spine" to effortlessly create a narrative.— Dickie Bush 🚢 (@dickiebush) January 7, 2022

The more you write, the larger your library grows, the wider your web stretches on the Internet, the easier it becomes to attract the readers you desire.— Nicolas Cole (@Nicolascole77) January 6, 2022

Over the past 10 years, I have read over 500 business books. 99% were 1 idea stretched across 300 pages. They should have been blog posts. Save yourself the time and just read these 10 👇

"In the end, you win through superior craftsmanship, not marketing." Robert Greene— Ryan Holiday (@RyanHoliday) January 5, 2022

Fame (and its corporate cousin, brand) is proportional to the number of fans, but their wealth is power-law distributed.Monetize fame and brand by maximizing the fanbase while only charging the biggest fans. Use NFTs, 1K true fans, freemium, price discrimination, etc..— Naval (@naval) January 4, 2022

First 100 Videos on YouTube MKBHD = 74 SubscribersMrBeast - 730 SubscribersPewdiePie = 2,500 Subscribers#SmallYouTubers tend to get discouraged really easily and give up too soon because they don't "Blow Up" or go viral right away...Make your first 100 crappy videos.— Roberto Blake 🇺🇸🇵🇦🗽Creative Entrepreneur (@robertoblake) January 3, 2022

The most accountable people have singular, public, and risky brands: Oprah, Trump, Kanye, Elon.— Naval (@naval) May 31, 2018

Disagreement should not destroy a friendship. It should strengthen it.— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) January 3, 2022

This might be the best productivity hack I’ve ever seen. 😂 (artwork by @LinesWorry) https://t.co/wrR7mMpq49

The biggest lessons I have learned over the last 5 years working on content: 1. Consistency is rare 2. Authenticity wins 3. Effort is an advantage 4. Haters are future fans 5. Results take care of themselves Wishing everyone a prosperous 2022. Let's get after it relentlessly 🔥

Seth Godin @ThisIsSethsBlog If you want to change the outcome, raise the standards. https://t.co/YTCGejbIck https://t.co/mP0QV0o8OK

A brilliant way to show your children the importance of physics and engineering pic.twitter.com/XhnYZ4wM7G— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) November 29, 2021

Happy 200th birthday to Gustave Flaubert and his famously easygoing writing process! https://t.co/JFTT04dBc6

I asked, "What's the best book on writing that you've read?" Twitter came through with some amazing recommendations. Here are 20 books that will help you go from amateur to professional writer: (thread) 🧵

Elizabeth Holmes's daily schedule Circa 2005–2009 https://t.co/hhWUBHhpbe

On editing your work:"Limit everything to the essential, but do not remove the poetry." —Dieter Rams— Julian Shapiro (@Julian) December 11, 2021

"If you're smart you don't need it and if you're dumb you shouldn't be using it."— Warren Buffett on the use of margin— Shane Parrish (@ShaneAParrish) December 6, 2021

Jack Dorsey’s first sketch of Twitter in 2005: https://t.co/1tVXVkgRTT

We're stuck in a Never-Ending Now. Here's my mini-essay. https://t.co/ubLWtWc4OQ

bestttt writing advice I've come across cliff notes from 1.5 hr lecture pic.twitter.com/Tm8JB6xHoC— Patricia (@patriciamou_) December 7, 2021

Focus on utility over accuracy. Henry Ford was able to take a long-term view because he believed in reincarnation. Walt Disney was worried about dying early so he worked harder. Functional fiction is a powerful force.

If an author sells ten million copiesSo what.If a singer has fifty hit songsSo what.If a speaker becomes famousSo what.Accomplishments that seek favor by the masses are shallow and limited endeavors.One must be PureTo recognize Pure Art.— Siddha Performance (@KapilGuptaMD) December 2, 2021

Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars – the rest I just squandered" - George Best, today's Person of the Day. Also up: @ScottRoss15 on whether LeBron or Serena is standing up for human rights, and a deep-fried turkey disaster reel🦃 https://t.co/XB2ZTSd3PV pic.twitter.com/gFYvOtXqAd— Nancy Rommelmann (@NancyRomm) November 25, 2021

Loud failures. Silent successes.

Old school: @ElonMusk and @CZ_Binance back in them college days 😂 https://t.co/mglWcnrWuh