'The Stonecutter's Credo' is a profound parable, credited to Jacob Riis, that still hangs in the locker room of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs. It reads: "When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much…
“Ignoring what is obvious incurs a huge cost. It requires you to go about your day numbing yourself to the reality of who you are and what you want—which is a waste of time for you and everyone around you. By contrast, admitting what is obvious is freeing and motivating.…
"Actually do the thing or ship the product. Get some feedback from customers on this first iteration. They don't care if it's shiny, they want to see if it works, you want to know if it works. And so quit procrastinating by futzing over the design of your title slide…
"Healthy human functioning is to be moving toward things, is to be anticipating and excitedly awaiting, but also acting to bring about things.” Here's Dr. Gena Gorlin with a refreshing counterargument to the idea that we are a fear-driven species... Substack: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-build-a-builder Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKzjxLPdlT8&t=1s #Agency #Evolution #Love #Progress
“There's no such thing as a collective good. Society doesn't have a brain, society doesn't face the kinds of moral alternatives that individuals within that society face. Society is a collection of people..." ~ Dr. Gena Gorlin Substack: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-build-a-builder Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKzjxLPdlT8&t=1s #individual #society
"The ultimate solution will be [...] technological, it will be creative, it will be top-down and systemic. And who is going to drive those solutions? It's going to be the people who are out there doing the really hard stuff. It'll be the builders." Dr. Gena Gorlin unpacks her mission…
My guest today is Dr. Gena Gorlin, a psychologist specializing in the unique needs of the ultra-ambitious. Unlike many in her field. Gena doesn’t aim to simply lift the floor of her clients’ ambitions — she wants to raise the ceiling. In this episode, she breaks down the “Builder Mindset”…
"The neighborhoods of America used to sing with the song of kids playing every afternoon. You don't hear that anymore. " Kids today are spending more time indoors, and on their phones. But are phones and social media the real culprit? Nir Eyal explains... Check out our full episode with…
Doctors today have a tendency to overdiagnose our kids. But medication doesn't actually give you the skills to combat distraction. Here's Nir Eyal on why that's such a bad idea, and why we should focus on 'skills before pills'... Check out our full episode with Nir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDj4PgaT9Rk
Fear really is the mind killer... In our case, it feeds our distraction too. Nireyal explains... Check out our full episode with Nir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDj4PgaT9Rk #nireyal #mind #distraction #fear #productivity #focus #study #college
Hey you! Stop scrolling. This is a distraction... Come back again when you have done what you said you would do. (here's Nir Eyal on the right metric of success) Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDj4PgaT9Rk #Focus #Distraction #Timeblocking #Productivity #Time
“Most people don’t want to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth that distraction is always an unhealthy escape from reality.” My latest guest, Nir Eyal - https://www.nirandfar.com/book-nir-eyal/, writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology - https://www.nirandfar.com/consumer-psychology-articles/, technology, and business. Nir previously taught as a Lecturer in Marketing - https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/super-power-tomorrow-being-indistractable at…
To make the green transition easier, we need to be MORE grateful for oil and gas. Alex Danco explains... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsyqDP62Q8 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/finding-method-in-the-madness Twitter: https://x.com/Alex_Danco #oilandgas #oil #greentransition #environment #climatecrisis
The Alex Danco guide to developing agency... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsyqDP62Q8 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/finding-method-in-the-madness
Friction in product design: Friend or foe? 🤔 Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsyqDP62Q8 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/finding-method-in-the-madness
“Without mystery, there is no margin." — Alex Danco Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsyqDP62Q8 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/finding-method-in-the-madness
As the saying goes, only three things in life are certain: death, taxes & Alex Danco. Armed with sizzling hot takes on the sad death of Twitter likes and a new secret weapon in the form of his catchphrase-turned-episode theme (“Without mystery, there is no margin”), Alex returns for his…
Mike Maples, Jr. advises teenagers to pursue a project that WILL NOT improve their grades or help them get into college... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5QVcgN570 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-become-a-pattern-breaking
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5QVcgN570 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-become-a-pattern-breaking
If everyone likes your startup's big idea, it's likely just average. Mike Maples, Jr. explains. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5QVcgN570 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-become-a-pattern-breaking
Mike Maples, Jr. reveals the surprising trait that unites the best founders he has worked with. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5QVcgN570 Transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-become-a-pattern-breaking
Mike Maples, Jr., co-founding partner of the VC firm Floodgate, is the veteran seed investor behind some of the 21st-century’s great success stories, including Twitter, Twitch, and Applied Intuition. His book, Pattern Breakers (co-authored with Peter Ziebelman), articulates a new model of foundership, one built on the simple premise that…
Falling in love with math while being stuck in a rigid schooling system is tough As Ben Orlin explains: "Huge bureaucracies are not known for exciting people's sense of wonder and curiosity..." And so it falls on teachers to excite student's curiosities...and unleash their inner fuel Here's why that's so…
88 years ago, a leading national magazine committed a major statistical blunder that ultimately caused it to go bankrupt. Since we're in the full swing of election season, here's a cautionary note on the power of sample bias... The year is 1936. FDR is up for reelection, and the Literary…