“The truth will only be told over a career.” — Richard Linklater
5 Ways Busy People Plan Their Days
“If you want a job interview with Li Fan, head of engineering at Pinterest, you’ll need to wait until Friday. Fan categorizes the types of meetings she takes by days of the week. Mondays are for large group meetings and Tuesdays are for speaking with people one-on-one. Wednesdays and Thursdays are for ad hoc requests or various monthly meetings.”
How To Get 25 Million Views On LinkedIn In Four Months
“When people look at your profile, they decide whether you’re worth connecting with in several seconds. These are the questions that go through their head when making this decision: Do they look like a domain expert? Do they look like a leader? Can they help me?”
Gary Vaynerchuk On How To Start Creating Online Content
“Everyone who ever did anything had to start. Most people don’t begin with a grand vision. They start with an idea and an action. Through the process of doing they build something greater.”
How To Get Lucky
“Luck can’t be controlled, but it can be nurtured.”
The Best Way To Change A Habit Is To Bet On It
“People who risked $150 of their own money to win a $650 bonus prize were dramatically more likely to quit smoking than those who used traditional smoking cessation methods. Surprisingly, this group also beat out those who were offered an $800 reward with no deposit for staying smoke-free.”
20 Ways To Become A Better Marketer
“You can learn a lot about the future by better understanding the past. By understanding the things that haven’t changed or will never change. By recognizing behaviors, attitudes or ideas that withstand the test of time.”
How Boredom Leads To Brilliant Ideas
“A decade ago, we shifted our attention at work every three minutes. Now we do it every 45 seconds and we do it all day long. The average person checks email 74 times a day and switches tasks on their computer 566 times a day.”
A Beginner’s Guide To Drawing
“The basic craft of drawing is about two things: you learn to control your hand and to see.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“Luck is a dividend of sweat.” — Ray Kroc