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Publicly, they want to be interesting. Privately, they want to be understood. —Derek Thompson, Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction Publicly, we want to be interesting. But privately, we want to be understood. This comes from Hit Makers—a really good book. Publicly, people want to be interesting. Privately, they want to…
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If you think you haven’t found your passion yet, you’re probably expecting it to be overwhelming. —Derek Sivers Most people expect finding passion to feel like this massive “aha” moment – like when artists get inspiration and lightning strikes them. But that’s not how it works. Problem Solving as Core Passion When asked about passion,…
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Jerry Jones started in oil and gas. He wasn’t planning to own the Dallas Cowboys. He was just doing the work in front of him: making deals, taking risks, learning how business worked. Those years in oil taught him everything he needed to eventually buy an NFL team and turn it into a $9 billion…
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If your social media isn’t working, you’re probably not doing it wrong. You’re just not doing enough of it. I know that’s probably not what you want to hear because you already feel like you’re doing or have done so much already. But in the current social media landscape, volume matters more than perfection. You…
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You seem to be holding a bag of trash, but if you know a diamond is inside, you’ll sift through the junk. —Derek Sivers You’re holding a bag of trash. Normally, it’s just a bag of trash. But when you know there’s a diamond inside, that bag of trash becomes something to explore. It becomes…
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Leonardo da Vinci is famous for his paintings. The Mona Lisa. The Last Supper. Masterpieces that defined the Renaissance. But painting was just one of his interests. He studied anatomy by dissecting corpses. He designed flying machines. He observed water flow. He investigated botany, geology, and mathematics. He was interested in everything. And that’s exactly…
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The Best Thing You Can Do Is Help Another Human The best thing a human can do is help another human being, no more. Hey, Explorers! Welcome back to Useful Not Famous, the show where we explore the ins and outs of running a profitable business and strive to be the most useful people you…
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In 1878, photographer Eadweard Muybridge was hired to answer a simple question: Do all four of a horse’s hooves leave the ground when it gallops? That was it. That was the objective. Find the answer. Get paid. Move on. So he set up 12 cameras along a racetrack, rigged them with trip wires, and captured…
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A friend of mine has an AI problem. She’s a lifelong resident in her town (born and raised) and whenever I ask “oh, what’s that?” as we’re driving around, she knows exactly what it is and whether it’s a “must-go” or a “skip-it.” She knows all the insider news, all the locals-only hotspots, EVERYTHING about…
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Not to assume it’s impossible because you find it hard, but to recognize that if it’s humanly possible, you can do it too. —Marcus Aurelius Well, let’s unpack that. Who Was Marcus Aurelius? Marcus Aurelius was a stoic. He, Seneca and a couple others are the stoic philosophers. What? They’re the guys. But the beauty…
