Success Speed Varies: It’s About Your Approach
If you feel like others become successful faster than you, you may just have different approaches. https://t.co/TK1GHI4OZT
Fear of Judgment Stops People From Giving Their Best
"It's a shame when people don't try their hardest because they think it will be embarrassing or it'll be looked down upon." —Ricky Gervais
Curiosity Delays Success, Extends Artistic Peak
The curious don’t peak early. That’s actually good news. An economist charted the value of paintings throughout artists’ careers. What he found was surprising. Some did their best work early in their careers. Some peaked late. The first group didn’t achieve success faster...
Filming a First Amendment Auditor Triggers Legal Showdown
What happens if you get up close to a first amendment auditor and start filming them?
Latin American Banks Expose Customers to Fraud
Banks in Latin America are so dirty (Bancolombia, specifically). Criminals use the bank's phone networks and email servers to defraud people, and the banks won't assume responsibility and reverse charges. Pretty shocking in comparison to credit cards from American banks.
Same Effort, Choose 10% over 1% Improvement
You can make your current thing 1% better, or a new thing that's 10% better. It's the same amount of work.
Ask “What’s over There?” To Curb Phone Habit
A surprisingly effective question for reducing social media addiction is, What's over there? Next time you reach for your phone, say it: What's over there? What do you hope to find over there? Most of the time you won't have a good...
Ted Turner's TNT Revived Shawshank Into Classic
Without Ted Turner, The Shawshank Redemption might have been forgotten. It flopped at the box office. Turner bought Castle Rock Entertainment, which gave him the rights to play their movies all he wanted. If you had cable in the 90s, remember when...
BigMailer + Amazon SES Achieves Strong Open Rates
Definitely getting a decent open rate on BigMailer + Amazon SES so far 👀 https://t.co/VwdR4Vc8LW
When Projects Lose Sense, Motivation Fades
So you get this great idea, a burst of energy, then 25% into the project, you just lose motivation. What if it's not a lack of discipline, but something much simpler. What if it just doesn't make sense to go any further? https://t.co/du0yjp6eg5
At 37, I Finally Feel I Know Everything
Surprisingly, I don't take back any of my lessons from when I turned 37. Which means that for today at least I officially know everything. https://t.co/HpsuD8ptS3
Rising Wealth Gaps Call for Modern Medici Patrons
I think we’ve reached a level of income and net worth gaps where it makes sense for there to be more patrons of the arts, like the Medici were in the Renaissance. I vaguely know a couple creatives who are funded...
Split Email Strategy: Cheap Blasts, Smart Automation
Unless you are trying to squeeze every last dime out of your email subscribers, it's a waste of money to have your entire list on one sophisticated automation platform (Kit, ActiveCampaign, etc.) Send blasts and RSS updates for crazy cheap through...
Scan Your Home, Get Tailored Cleaning Kit Delivered
There should be like Blue Apron but you take a video of the inside of your house and it sends you a box of cleaning supplies with a step-by-step audio/video plan for how to clean your house in the most...
Shopify‑Kit Integration Stumbles on Marketing Consent Sync
The Shopify integration with Kit looks really promising, but boy is the marketing consent issue a mess. Once they've not consented, a tag is added in Kit. If they consent on a future purchase, it doesn't change. Then on Shopify Thank You...