What To Cut Out Of Your Writing To Make It Better
“People only really learn when they’re surprised.”
“People only really learn when they’re surprised.”
“I’m fascinated by interesting memos written for an internal audience – a company, a campaign or even for the President. Raw, not smoothed ove...
“One study found adding 20 minutes to your commute makes you as miserable as receiving a 19% pay cut.”
“Sometimes when people don’t take advice, they’re rejecting the idea of being controlled by the advice-giver more than anything.”
“You can’t make something go viral. But what you can do is create conditions that make it more likely that something goes viral.”
“The secret to success is doing what you love, whether or not you’re being paid. The secret to a rewarding career in film (and many other fields) is focus...
“If you read what everyone else is reading, you’ll think like everyone else thinks. If you think like everyone else thinks, you won’t be able to come up w...
“A language is just a system of communication, and once you realize that you start to see ‘languages’ everywhere.”
“Lovable products aren’t simply functional or useful — they demonstrate an acute understanding of what users find valuable.”
“You’re not talking to 1,000 people. You’re talking to the single person reading your page. So write like it.”