“Think about the purpose of your post before you add any hashtags. If you’re looking for this post to reach new audiences or trying to boost engagement, a hashtag or two can make sense. But if you’re looking for clicks from your existing audience, it could be best to not use hashtags at all.”
5 Ways To Become More Self-Aware
“Though it’s relatively common to see self-awareness as clarity about our inner workings (things like our values, our goals, and our ideal environment), true self-awareness also requires that we turn our gaze outward to understand how we are seen.”
The Problem Isn’t Fake News – It’s Trust And Manipulation
“Trust is the longer-term problem — decades- or even a century-long. But if we don’t grapple with the immediate and urgent problem of manipulation, those institutions may not live to reinvent themselves and earn the public’s trust back with greater inclusion, equity, transparency, responsiveness, and honesty.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“I’ll ride that wave where it takes me.” — Eddie Vedder
9 Habits That Make It Easy To Come Up With Great Ideas
It’s not hard to come up with a great idea.
What’s hard is to develop the habits that enable us to come up with great ideas.
The extent to which we incorporate these habits into our lives ultimately determines the quality of our ideas.
It’s not magic, it’s commitment.
Here are nine habits to improve your ability to generate valuable ideas.
People Don’t Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions Of Themselves
“A feature is what your product does; a benefit is what the customer can do with your product.”
This Is Why You’re Bored
“Boringness seems to be relative: things are painfully dull to the degree that they’re less engaging than other things you might be doing. Boredom feels more intolerable, these days, because there’s so much stimulation to be had.”
What Google Searches Reveal About Sexual Insecurities
“Women are probably a little too concerned that their husband may be gay. I think there are 10 times more searches for ‘Is my husband gay?’ than ‘Is my husband depressed?’ But, there are a lot more depressed men married to women than gay men married to women.”
How To Make Better Decisions By Asking “What” Instead Of “Why”
“Why questions draw us to our limitations; what questions help us see our potential. Why questions stir up negative emotions; what questions keep us curious. Why questions trap us in our past; what questions help us create a better future.”
4 Ways To Fix Your Broken Perception Of Time
“We don’t naturally perceive time as a specific quantity. We instead perceive changes that happen as a result of time passing. We observe the duration and succession of events, and translate that into measurement units — seconds, minutes, days.”