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X 上的 Megan Thompson-Munson：“Today I channeled my energy into this very unofficial but passionate petition for scientists to start drawing icebergs in their stable orientations. I went to the trouble of painting a stable iceberg with my watercolors, so plz hear me out. (1/4) https://t.co/rtkCYub38b” / Twitter

If you're selling a product make sure the buyer knows how much effort has gone into it. Exactly the same product will be rated higher if people think the production was time consuming

Bullets before cannonballs: a lovely allegory from Jim Collins in Great by Choice about the value of testing multiple options, before committing to one

"Once are minds are set in a direction, they continue in that direction unless acted upon by some outside force"

X 上的 Kpaxs：“Great framework for high-velocity decision making at @amazon: • Make high-quality decisions quickly to maintain energy & momentum • Use a lightweight process for reversible decisions • For most decisions, 70% of the information is enough • "Disagree and commit" to avoid slow https://t.co/FyxP4X4qki” / Twitter

X 上的 NurseKelsey (she/her) 🌈✨🎉❤️🏳️‍🌈：“Recently I learned that the act of sending your friends & family little videos and tweets and memes you find online it’s called pebbling, like how penguins bring pebbles back to their little penguin loved ones 🥹” / Twitter

X 上的 Shaan Puri：“How do you become the type of person who makes great decisions? I fill this out everytime I make a major decision (eg. big investment, start/sell a company, etc.) Then I re-visit it ~1 year later and look at my line of thinking. Without writing it down, I lie to myself later https://t.co/xDxGW02HRF” / Twitter

Excellent copy on this Van's Aircraft page. Honest, relatable, casual, but still confident. Sounds like you're listening to a competent person describing something, not a desperate company selling something.

(2) X 上的 Ben Meer：“The Japanese secret to a clutter-free life. 5S Method: https://t.co/YHDOVJz8Ka” / Twitter

X 上的 Nassim Nicholas Taleb：“Anything one does for status is self-inflicted harm.” / Twitter

(1) X 上的 Kunal Shah：“Happiness comes from being in the moment. But same applies to any bad behavior. All bad behavior comes from not thinking or acting long term but choosing the path of reacting. Reactions is being in the moment.” / Twitter

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“Condense, simplify and speak as briefly as possible. Have the courage to speak in grade-school language”

X 上的 LM Sacasas：“"You must either make a tool of the creature, or a man of him. You cannot make both." Stumbled on these lines from John Ruskin, circa 1850. https://t.co/sLr54UQaqg” / Twitter

X 上的 Jason Fried：“I recently took up drumming. Again. One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is that you’re gripping the sticks too hard. A tight grip denies certain degrees of freedom, limits subtlety, and ups the fatigue factor. Plus you give up the gift of bounce the drum” / Twitter

Dave Letterman’s advice to Jerry Seinfeld: “Make sure you fail doing exactly what you want to do. That, you can live with.“

X 上的 Nassim Nicholas Taleb：“If you don't have an opinion, resist the pressure to have one.” / Twitter

X 上的 The Stoic Emperor：“Attacking the success of others is a bad way to redirect your own frustration. If you’re so superior, why are you so angry?” / Twitter

X 上的 derek guy：“be very careful of who calls themselves a "tailor" or describes their work as "bespoke." a tailor is someone who knows how to sew. bespoke refers to a specific process. many times, people who use these words are marketers, with many doing MTM in factories.” / Twitter

Mary Wear (the copywriter behind the line Make Poverty History) on her five copywriting rules

X 上的 Bill Winterberg, CFP®️：“via today's @podcastnotes of @nntaleb: "Satisficing is essentially a decision-making strategy where individuals aim for solutions that are satisfactory or “good enough” rather than optimal" Indeed. "Satisficing" by financial planners seems to be more effective than optimizing.” / Twitter

Why ‘follow your passion’ might not be great early career advice

The stolen thunder effect is the idea that if you admit a flaw in your product (or argument), the rest of your claims become more believable. After all your admission has proves your honesty

X 上的 David Hinkle：“@datepsych You can tell a person is smarter than you by observing that they continuously make poor choices that nevertheless work out in their favor by what appears to be luck.” / Twitter

Lovely piece from on the three principles of advertising and making sure you complete one before moving to the next…

X 上的 Liv Boeree：“Intelligence is knowing how to win the game. Wisdom is knowing which game to play in the first place.” / Twitter

(3) X 上的 richard shotton：“Steve Jobs on the need for a wide breadth of experiences https://t.co/dP0LzQmxgI” / Twitter

richard shotton on Twitter / X

X 上的 James Clear：“If you already live a comfortable life, then choosing to make more money but live a worse daily life is a bad trade. And yet, we talk ourselves into it all the time. We take promotions that pay more, but swallow our free time. We already have a successful business, but we break…” / Twitter

X 上的 Jon Acuff：“I asked @thebradmontague about his creative process. He gave me a soundtrack I still use. He said, “I ask, ‘Am I creating FOR love or FROM love?’ FOR love means I want adoration and the work will be empty. FROM love means I’m creating out of overflow and the work will be full.”” / Twitter