When you use an Oxford comma, you’re doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.
Never bet against someone who just keeps taking swings.
Be yourself\nso those actually looking for you\ncan find you.
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Kill the perfectionism. Aim for B- work. Execution is 2025.
Apparently, when you treat people like they treat you, they get very upset.
They would trade it for a father who is actually present when it matters.
Long story short. Keep it short.
The best advice that sticks is usually tactical. Because strategically, most of us know what we should do. We just don’t know how.
The higher someone climbs, the shorter the attention span becomes. Lead with the point. Then explain it.
Your kids won’t remember the toys. They’ll remember your time.
If God places someone on your mind, pray for them. A prayer can go where you can’t.
Networking is 1% meeting new people and 99% keeping up with them.
What got me here won’t get me where I need to be next.
USV Analyst 2.0: Fred Wilson of AVC.xyz writes about what humans do that AI agents cannot:\n
\nHumans are going to be better at being human for the foreseeable future.\n
\nSo if you are interested in a career in venture capital and your superpowers include the following things, you would be a great candidate for our new analyst program that will emphasize these things:\n
Your nervous system will tell you when you’ve met your person. It will not feel like fireworks. It will feel like safety.
A student said, “It’s like we are lingering, not living.”
Someone somewhere may risk their life to read your words.
One helpful thing to leave the next generation is a life that taught them how to walk with God.
You don’t have nearly as much time as you think you do.\n
Do the thing.
Thomas Merton: “As long as we are on earth, the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another, because this love is a resetting of a body of broken bones. Even saints cannot live with saints on this earth without some anguish, without some pain at the differences that come between them. There are two things which men can do about the pain of disunion with other men. They can love or they can hate. Love, by its acceptance of the pain of reunion, begins to heal all wounds.”
It is not for rulers to crave beer, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Steve Jobs: “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. They are able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they are able to do that is that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. A lot of people in [the tech] industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have."
Overthinking is the biggest waste of human energy. Trust yourself, make a decision, and gain more experience. There is no such thing as perfect. You cannot think your way into perfection, just take action.