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“I’m a firm believer that most people who do great things are doing them for the 1st time. I’d rather have someone all fired up to do something for the 1st time than someone who’s done it before and isn’t that excited to do it again.” -
@pmarca
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@andrewchen
.
@justindross
gave me the idea: "print out your calendar every week, highlight everything that gives you energy in green and everything that takes away energy in red. trim the red"
can be tough, but leads massive improvement in productivity & general happiness
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My friend Noah just launched Glimpse - a newsletter that helps you spot trends and understand the future!
check it out on
@ProductHunt
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it amazes me how hard it is to vote, do taxes, and participate in government
where is the "click a button, get a cab" for democracy
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ultimate productivity hack is working on things you actually care about
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25% of Fortune 500 Companies were Founded by Immigrants.
on
@ProductHunt
#celebrateimmigrants
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honored to be named runner-up to
@levelsio
for
@ProductHunt
maker of the year 🏆 alongside
@mubashariqbal
&
@LisaDziuba
have learned a ton from
@rrhoover
@Nivo0o0
& co.
#makesomethingpeoplewant
s/o to co-makers
@kaufmanhenry
@Sebyddd
@jacobschein
@shivkanthb
@gavindinubilo
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@natfriedman
human history, the book:
"And every other page before page 500, transportation meant walking, running, sailboats. Page 500 we’re going to the space station, we’re flying around planes and cars. If you’re the alien reading this book..."
-
@waitbutwhy
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i'd bet that > 50% of computer science undergraduate students (2018) graduate without having pushed *any* production code to real users, let alone SIX PROJECTS
this is awesome from
@LambdaSchool
rooting for
@AustenAllred
@Ryan_Holdaway
@tommycollison
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i think you could identify high potential young people by picking out top performing teenagers working in customer facing roles at grocery markets, fast food restaurants, and retail stores.
when you see sparks, pour gasoline
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small, simple habits can be incredibly powerful
3 years ago, i committed to publishing daily essays
today, my streak reaches 1095 days in a row
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this is amazing
@jack
on his most memorable interaction with Zuck
"He made goat for me for dinner. He killed the goat with a laser gun..."
"I just ate my salad"
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what are we going to look back on, not understand, and really regret?
- eating animals
- sleeping next to our phones
- 'modern education'
- one form of gov't for 250 years
- not sleeping 8 hours
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1/ hard to empathize with numbers
Genghis Khan killed 40 million people
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We've been heads down on something special ✨ Wonder will 10x the pace of your work
Get early access
@ProductHunt
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@andrewchen
there are people who are incredibly good at and in fact excited to do the very things that I am terrible at and hate doing...swallow ego and empower others! find myself way happier and more productive spending time on things i care about
(another tip gifted by
@justindross
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my secret plan is to build a sales team sourced from shop owners at Israeli and Indian outdoor markets.
you will struggle to find a more relentless persona.
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@andrewchen
multi-tasking is impossible. doing several things at once - jumping between apps, conversations, and contexts kills productivity.
deep focus (flow state) is the ultimate path to productivity
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my guess is that a very very small % of my college professors and peers share this view
mainly because they know Twitter as the site with hashtags, nothing more
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what if financial institutions paid borrowers to complete financial literacy courses 😃
oh wait...
"banks make $35 billion a year on overdraft fees"
the old system needs new incentives
Coinbase’s new thing allows you to earn crypto while learning about crypto:
Clever way to onboard a broader audience into crypto
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A few friends and I built this! A (free) chrome extension that lets you turn off "the display of followers, favs, etc."
Think you will really like it
@kanyewest
🙏
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"I heard the ball bouncing. No lights were on. Practice was at about 11, it was probably about 9, 9:30. There's Kobe Bryant. He's out there shooting in the dark. And I stood there for probably about ten seconds, and I said, 'This kid is gonna be great.'" - Byron Scott
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We're building a beautiful way for you to log/share the books you read 📚
Get early access via
@ProductHunt
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i think there is still a big opportunity to build the "OS for remote work," a digital space built *specifically* for distributed teams
curious what it will look like
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2019 is best time in history of the world to be a curious person...
Podcasts, Twitter, Globalization, YouTube, Wikipedia, Khan Academy
Explore *anything* in just a few clicks from anywhere with internet
Amazing
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1/ "Why do we graduate from college and settle for conventional jobs that do not unlock our real potential?" -
@kevinhartz
I put together this list of high-potential places for people to launch their careers with..."The Signal"
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i'm convinced essays from
@paulg
@stratechery
@benthompson
@farnamstreet
@waitbutwhy
@morganhousel
@pmarca
are cheat codes
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imagine you want to build the most awesome 4-year "learning camp"
what would it look like?
i see:
- world class apprenticeships
- traveling across the globe
- projects for leading companies
- speaker series
- diverse discussion clubs
- mentorship network
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Looking to work on exciting projects?
@benln
and I are running an experiment. Drop your info and we’ll match you with 2-3 highly ambitious makers ✨
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when was the last "major revolution" related to how we humans go to sleep?
maybe doing something wrong but I've always just lied down, closed my eyes, and hoped to daze away
surely we could somehow better optimize this experience (ideal lighting, sounds, oxygen levels)...
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the median annual family income at my school is $272,000
22% come from over $630,000
I for one am shocked - shocked! - to hear that wealthy people have used their financial power to get their kids preferential entry to elite colleges.
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1/ Last few months of launching little widgets on
@ProductHunt
:
👝
📩 …
🕐
📈
💸 …
Been learning a ton about making side projects...
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@tommycollison
i think same applies to digital space - extent to which what you consume (books, Twitter, podcasts, Youtube, etc.) morphs your personality and thinking
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you would be surprised by how many companies are practically built on Google Sheets
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@balajis
i think a telling signal is short vs. long term orientation
are leaders/employees optimizing for next month? year? decade? era?
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2016: A Year of Growth, Failure, and Fun
thank you
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2018: My Year in Review
a year of adventure
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“The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you much more quickly and easily than you would think.” -
@pmarca
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“If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I
started I was desperately wishing to be where I am now."
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when I was 16 I bought and illegally (but humanely) raised 100 chickens in my family's suburban backyard
What is your most on brand story from your childhood?
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10K
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how can "mastering" (aka majoring in) computer science, art history, finance, biology, etc. all take the exact same amount of time?
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request for series of interviews with the parents of successful people
parenting world could use more inspiration 🤷🏻♂️
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not to be *that* person
but my professor just told me "I am going to have a really tough time in the workplace"
bookmarked.
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@balajis
underrated "UX" innovation: the front-facing camera (introduced by Apple in 2010)..."selfies" have changed communication
only obvious now, even though it was right in front of us for years!
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you can train yourself to be a good listener by trying to learn something new in every conversation
many successful people always assume the role of teacher
it takes a certain level of self-security and groundedness to recognize that it's possible to learn from anyone
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1/ some takeaways from my time in India
tl;dr:
the West vastly underestimates the power of traditional religion
industrialization + new cities are being built
air pollution is terrible, caste system still a big thing
& there is so so much opportunity for impact
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my bet is that <1% of people at my University use Twitter to explore curiosity and meet people
...
How
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@andrewchen
"Thiel used to insist at PayPal that every single person could only do exactly one thing. Every single person in the company rebelled. Because it's so unnatural, it's so different than other companies where people want to do multiple things." -
@rabois
simple & hard
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"I am nothing. It's simple. If I were smart, I might be afraid of looking stupid. If I were successful, I might be afraid of failure. If I were introverted, I might be afraid of meeting new people. If I were an expert, I might be afraid of being wrong." -
@paultoo
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The term 'Surfing the Internet' was inspired by an inspirational Apple mousepad and coined by Jean Armour Polly in 1992.
'Information Surfing'
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want to meet someone highly ambitious?
@benln
and i are running round 2 of our experiment
sign up by 2/1 and we will hand-introduce you to someone awesome ✨
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@sarthakgh
@mikekarnj
@rabois
@benthompson
Modern MBA: Stratechery Course Packs + Guide to Twitter +
@rabois
reading list ...
what else?
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tinder is a video game for dating
twitter is a video game for curiosity and ego
let's build a video game for efficiency, output, health, learning, etc.
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this is awesome
i'd love to find more "syllabuses" for different topics (composed of books, essays, podcasts, videos, etc.)
someone should build a community-network of sorts on top of curation and learning
Finally pulled together the various recommendations I've been sending out to people in one place:
Will continue to add to it as I think of more 🙃
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summer camp where you shadow employees in valuable industries: lending, healthcare, restaurants, construction, etc.
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believe there should be
@goforward
fullstack model for everything - haircut, dentist, gym, physical therapy, etc. - update the UX for the "boring, ugly" services
super hard to get right
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theory that Google secretly funds Bing to maintain "NOT A MONOPOLY" status
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debate:
Chief of Staff is an overrated position (you do not learn what it is like to actually build things and never learn to actually solve problems)
vs.
Chief of Staff is an underrated position (you get intimate access to a world-class operator and learn to solve problems)
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@AustenAllred
these stories are awesome.
should amplify:
lambda podcast, lambda yearbook, lambda blog, lambda magazine, lambda hackathons (live streamed)
:)
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We're launching
@joinbookclub
soon! Get your beautiful digital bookshelf 📚.
🛠
@alexbanaga
@jacobschein
@kaufmanhenry
@benln
Be the first to know by signing up via
@ProductHunt
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soon, networks will be *the* product
influencers will curate knowledge-sharing communities instead of writing books or long-form blog posts
intimate, personalized, active
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'Meeting' people from
@Twitter
,
@ProductHunt
,
@IndieHackers
has been massively valuable
Still have never some of my co-makers in real life for:
-
@disruptcards
-
@StoryheapHQ
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+ way more
Not a recipe, just saying its possible
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hi i've never sold lemonade but let me give you lots of advice about how you can be wildly successful selling lemonade
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request for case study on how came to market, pretty incredible they were able to get into airports and privatize TSA pre check (and improve it with real tech)
now they're in a really unique position
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my uber driver's message on my ride to class:
"go steal as much knowledge from that place. don't leave a drop."
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How will the real estate market to react to the widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles?
2 big threats:
- productive commutes decrease marginal value of living in the city
- 11% of land in US today is parking..will be converted?
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"When you look back 6 months from today and don’t feel embarrassed by your naiveté, there’s a problem.” -
@nbashaw
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request for "syllabus sharing network" across different topics
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autonomous vehicles in countries like India and Vietnam will need to be at least level 8
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clear to me that learning to write concisely is critically important to most professions
unclear as to why this skill is abandoned at the University level
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