Stories are our greatest invention but the concept of "the end result" is one of our most damaging notions
PIRATE READINGS
The Scout Mindset: Why some people see things clearly and others don’t. I look forward to knowing the answer.
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Free Branding Research Library
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Our Brain Typically Overlooks This Brilliant Problem-Solving Strategy: forgive the clickbait-y headline (do better Scientific American), but this is a good read. In short: Balance bikes help kids learn to ride a bike better than training wheels– but we only just came to realize this because the inherent instinct to fix a problem is to add something. Core takeaway: the best solves to problems often come from taking things away rather than adding them.
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Oxford Comma? Yes.
There, it’s settled.
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy. Apparently I’ve downloaded this book 14 times, which is a testament to how important I think it is. Or a bad sign for my memory.
QUOTES
- “take what’s not tied down.” —ancient pirate proverb
- “I wish I actually got in trouble, real trouble with my work ... such as getting arrested for it. then I would know I was doing something right.” James Victore
- “If you look around stores and magazines and watch tV , it does not feel as though many people are having much fun.”
- "If you trade passion for stability, you basically trade one fiction for another. Both are products of our imagination." ― Esther Perel
- "Working in the advertising industry today, one increasingly feels like a man who's turned up at a poetry festival only to discover that every talk is about bookbinding.” –Rory Sutherland
This is all for real. - My mom
SCRAPS
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