Poolside manners
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Aphorism 28
The people who refuse to consume culture passively are the ones who drive it forward. Culture isn’t something we should let happen to us, we should direct it. The Thoughts of Others “You have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win.” – Steve Jobs
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Fearless Fans
It’s easy to focus on the fact that many creatives can find themselves stifled by a fear of putting their ideas into the world. Things like trying to perfect projects for too long and sitting on ideas without ever taking the plunge are a few that I’ve succumbed to from time to time. But there’s…
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Leveraging Scarcity
A sense of scarcity narrows our focus and compels us to act with unusual intentionality. Take a simple example: you’re driving along and suddenly notice that you’re hitting red on your petrol gauge. In fact, you’ve been particularly lax and it’s worse; you’re right at the bottom of the lower bound of the petrol gauge.…
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Aphorism 27
To deepen relationships, solve problems and engage in challenging tasks together. To weaken relationships, focus on the trivial. The Thoughts of Others “Greatness and near-sightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one’s sights and pushing towards the horizon.” – Daniel Pink
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On Not Being Yourself
It’s common advice to ‘just be yourself’. And yet, the fact it’s commonly peddled as advice implies that’s it’s not easy to pull off. But maybe it’s too easy to pull off… Isn’t ‘yourself’ simply the most frequent version of you that shows up in the world? More likely, we’re being ourselves all the time,…