"Do good work and put it where people can see it." — Austin Kleon. Well, if this audio piece isn't good work, I shouldn't be teaching #podcasttraining. 😆
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"We live in the gap between the planned and given life." — Wendell Berry #quotes
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"It is so sad when people who have abilities misuse them, and I must say, they nearly always do." — E.M. Forster, A Room with a View. #quotes 😏
Good reply! Always helps for brands to respond graciously to critiques (and yes, I have eaten the occasional energy bar myself!) 😜
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"But that still won’t be enough. We also need home-grown solutions that encourage Americans to have more kids."
P.S. We've had three, so we're trying to do our part!
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"Like many countries, we’ve politicized the issue, as humans are wired to distrust strangers. But let’s be clear: Welcoming immigrants has always been America’s superpower, full stop."
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"Immigrants are the lifeblood of business formation in America, and they’ve been responsible for half of our unicorns. Attracting, welcoming, and retaining ambitious people from abroad is the easiest way to get rich."
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Dear engineers everywhere, being human is not a problem to be solved.
P.S. What do the happiest, longest-lived cultures have in common? Slowing down and enjoying meals together! 🥗🍜🧆
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"Silence creates an opening, an absence of self, which allows the larger world to enter into our awareness." — Kathleen Dean Moore. 💎🌳⛰️
That analysis per capita would make it really interesting, though it's easy to guess Bay Area and Singapore would be at the top... 📊
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File under "This is why I feel poor here / CA is over counter-narrative":
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👏🏽 Yup! My one-liner to mentees is "Don't list the activities you did — show the difference you made."
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For those of you looking for work, this may or may not be welcome advice…but in this market, your job search is probably not going to be about YOU. (1/10)
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So here's a recession-proof sector: "The video game industry was worth nearly $200 billion in 2021 — _more than music, U.S. book publishing and North American sports combined._" 😮 via
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#murica . . . it's always easier to make a new product than address the underlying issues, like, say, better background checks and universal mental health care. 🤨
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Performance at anything . . . 🧠💡✍🏼
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Want to enhance your running performance?
Get more sleep.
It's cost-free, it's legal, and it works.
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“The goal is absolutely secondary: it is the functioning toward the goal which is important.” quoting Hunter S. Thompson. 💯
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This advice on creativity, teamwork, and culture is way bigger than advertising:
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Had never seen this Jay Chiat list before @Schwartzie14 posted them this morning on LinkedIn. How many of these rules are actually practiced by big agencies today?
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The takeaway here for endurance athletes: resting heart rate is yet another variable that doesn't mean much in isolation. 🤓📈 (Pre-👶🏻 and with less ☕️ I hit 39, but am nowhere near a 4-min miler.) 😆
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What was Roger Bannisters resting heart rate when he became history's 1st sub-4 minute miler?
50 bpm.
The 2nd man under 4, John Landy? 43 bpm.
A fascinating look at the resting HR of a collection of history's first sub-4minute milers:
Any of us in media-related industries would do well to consider the ethics of supporting the by watching football:
Profoundly depressing if you write anything with a script: "When young people are asked to choose between TikTok and all of TV/streaming … they choose TikTok."
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Am I a lifehacker? Well, if taking a 🍺 in a travel mug to my kids' school event is lifehacking, then yes. 🤓
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Great piece. Following one person's story makes this so much more powerful than simply seeing the ZIP/income database.
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I moved back to my birthplace, Los Angeles, last year, and with it came a flood of memories and reflections. So much of who we are is defined by where and how we grew up. I tried to distill my thoughts into a memoir on "upward mobility" for @puddingviz.
pudding.cool/2022/11/upward
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“Isn’t that something you should talk about in therapy instead?”
“Hey, you’re missing the game!”
“What you really need to be working on is..."
These and the other voices that stop us from creating:
👏🏽 "What’s wrong with a salad being made of iceberg lettuce and bagged cheese instead of kale massaged in olive oil and pomegranate seeds? Literally nothing! Why am I doing this to myself!" -
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The replies here shed so much light on workplace dynamics, personalities, EQ, neurodivergence, and more. 👏🏽 Great prompt Brooklin!
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How do you say STFU in a professional setting?
Asking for me.
(The context: my female co-founder got interrupted three times on a call today.)
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How do you say STFU in a professional setting?
Asking for me.
(The context: my female co-founder got interrupted three times on a call today.)
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Generosity-based marketing > content marketing. The latter is pushing your material; the former is giving people something they actually want.
For many more great hosting takeaways from amazing top book podcast host , listen to/follow the latest episode of Sound Judgment: bit.ly/3AXM2ac
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Is your inbox lonely? Have you been wishing you could get more B2B spam emails? Just put "director" in your title on Linkedin. 🤭 📧📧📧📧📧📧📧📧📧
“Boredom becomes a seeking state.” Eloquent reminder on the value of the in-betwen (for creativity or otherwise) by : getpocket.com/explore/item/w (Also: inspiring photos and accompanying comments!) 👌🏾
If you’re blood is boiling while reading this tweet, than you might be a writer.
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But whether you are in your 20's like and , or your 40's like me, lots of worthwhile reflections in this episode. 👏🏽
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And also, with romance and employment, either party sometimes projects (and is then disillusioned) instead of seeing the other for who they really are.
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I actually disagree with the latest episode, "There is no dream job." I think there are — just not forever, because we, our colleagues, the market, and the world are constantly changing.
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I'm 46, but always get something worthwhile from the artful + heartful podcast, where they are "figuring out adulthood, one episode at a time."
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Running a training intensive is a ton of work — but there are few better ways to welcome and launch others into the wonderful world of podcasting. 👏🏽🎛💃🏻 Deep respect for the folks at !
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hey y’all — @neonhummedia’s editors’ bootcamp (led by @cslwrites) is taking apps for its 3rd cohort! if you’ve ever wanted to get into story editing, this is your sign to apply :)
i was in the last cohort + really valued my experience — happy to answer any qs! apps due sunday 
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