“Buffett builds political capital thoughtfully, for the day he may need it, because, as his partner Charlie Munger noted, ‘Our core competency is knowing we don’t know the future.’”
10 Ideas Worth Sharing This Week
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” — Steve Martin
100 Ways To Be More Creative
“One hundred little things. They’re divided into 10 categories: read, write, create, make, connect, watch, stretch, learn, stop, and start.”
How To Write A Great One-Sentence Product Description
“Leading with the need is an extremely effective way to position your product as solving an important problem for your customers.”
3 Things School Taught You Without You Realizing It
“Growing up, everything you’re told to do is for no other purpose than to earn the approval of others around you. It’s to satisfy somebody else’s standard. Our system is performance-based and not purpose-based. It teaches mimicry and not passion.”
Watch This Before You Start Something
“There is no need to sharpen my pencils any more. My pencils are sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark.”
A Life’s Worth Of Lessons In 300 Words
“Everybody is interesting if you give them the chance to be.”
How CNN Makes Us Dumber By Treating Politics Like Sports
“CNN’s approach to covering politics often prioritizes drama and spectacle over serious truth telling.”
How Anyone Can Make Better Presentation Slides
“You don’t have to center everything. Often left-aligning can create more visual interest.”
This Is What Millennials Believe
“86% of millennials say, ‘Fans have at least some ownership of the things they’re fans of.’ 50% of millennialls say, ‘Someone should make a movie about my life.’ 33% of millennials say, ‘There isn’t really such a thing as the truth.’”