"One of the reasons so many great artists die of overdoses early in their lives is because they're using drugs to numb a very painful existence.
The reason it's painful is the reason they became artists in the first place: their incredible sensitivity.
If you see tremendous beauty or tremendous pain where other people see little or nothing at all, you're confronted with big feelings all the time.
These emotions can be confusing and overwhelming.
When those around you don't see what you see and feel what you feel, this can lead to a sense of isolation and general feeling of not belonging, of otherness.
These charged emotions, powerful when expressed in the work, are the same dark clouds that beg to be numbed to allow sleep or get out of bed and face the day in the morning.
It's a blessing and a curse."
- @RickRubin, from his book "The Creative Act: A Way of Being"
ALT Rick Rubin
“Growing up” is realizing that $1,000,000 isn’t that much money
“Maturity” is realizing that money doesn’t make you happy
Justin McCullough retweeted
Only 27 astronauts have ever viewed Earth from the moon.
US astronaut Edgar Mitchell - the sixth man to walk on the moon & Apollo 14 crewman - was once asked to describe his experience of seeing the Earth from the moon.
I reflect on his response often:
"You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it."
He continued:
"From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty.
You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say,
'Look at that, you son of a bitch.'"
ALT "Earthrise": The image displays a view of Earth as seen from the lunar surface. The planet appears as a vibrant, blue and white sphere, partially illuminated by the Sun, against the stark backdrop of space. The lunar horizon in the foreground is a desolate, gray landscape, devoid of any visible life or movement, contrasting sharply with the Earth's lively appearance. This scene encapsulates the concept known as the "Earthrise," a perspective of our planet rising above the Moon's horizon, which is often associated with the Apollo missions and symbolizes the unity and fragility of Earth within the vastness of space.
2 years ago I was at a Dreamforce HH talking to a DocuSign employee.
They told me they had 7,000 employees.
I jokingly asked what everyone did?
The product is literally just a signature
They laughed, bantered back, etc.
Next day: DocuSign laid off 9% of their workforce
I bought @beehiiv merch but didn't launch a newsletter
Is this a bubble signal? 🫧🪡
𝗣𝗢𝗩:
‣ You're an Account Executive who has no idea who your ICP is
‣ Your company has no idea either
‣ You're forced to engineer an outcome (sale) because you have a quota. And, well, execs have growth goals in a spreadsheet somewhere
𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲:
‣ 90% Churn
ALT Sales Challenges and High Churn Rate - Insights by Justin McCullough
90% of Learning can be done by:
• Finding credible domain experts (SEO, Sales, etc.)
• Studying their content
• Trying & failing
Cut straight through to the experts.
Absorb their knowledge.
Adjust.
How to Launch The Most Innovative-Company Ever:
I'm not sure yet but we're trying really hard I will keep you posted
The AI subscriptions of today:
• @perplexity_ai
• @OpenAI
• @AnthropicAI
• @poe_platform
Will replace streaming subscriptions of the past:
• People
• Netflix
• YouTube
But first, a streaming API.
11. Oil & Energy: 31%
12. Business Consulting & Services: 31%
13. Aviation & Aerospace: 31%
14. Healthcare: 31%
15. Mining & Metals: 31%