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optimist, lifelong learner, skier

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Joined April 2009
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No matter what happens, the right course of action is always compassion and love.
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Greatest eviction date ever: January 20, 2021. 12021 #InaugurationDay
β€œBut those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas all ran away and hid from one little Did.” β€”Shel Silverstein
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via The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
β€œBe the best, it’s the only market that’s not crowded.” - George Whalin via Tom Peters
July 20, 1998: β€œI know very well that in the next 10 years, if Microsoft is still a leader, we will have had to weather at least three crises.” - Bill Gates on stage at University of Washington with Warren Buffett via Tap Dancing to Work July 16, 2019 $MSFT market cap: 1.064T
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β€œWhen you cease to dream, you cease to live.” β€”Malcolm Forbes
β€œWhen you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.” - David Ogilvy πŸ‘€ ⁦why @davegerhardt⁩ spends so much time on headlines.
An 18th century trade secret: forceps designβ€”from David Ogilvy’s book published in 1961.
β€œAnd that trying might turn out to be the most important part of courage.” - Lucy Hawking
Great bookβ€”@dcancel with another extraordinary recommendationβ€”much appreciated, sir.
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Glad to have serendipitously stumbled upon Disrupt Yourself | Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work, while wandering through the stacks⁩ of the public library. Great bookβ€”and podcastsβ€” @johnsonwhitney.
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β€œFear of failure, resulting from often unrealistic and perfectionist demands [is] one of the key detractors from learning, leading to lack of creativity and procrastination. Learn to fail or fail to learn.” - Tal Ben-Shahar
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β€œNot everyone, however, has been so judicious in putting these FBI documents into context.” Also, note: β€œWe should at least allow the possibility that the accusations are true.” How to Make Sense of the Shocking New MLK Documents - POLITICO apple.news/A29C4fhaORH26N9k-…
1980 Winter Olympics #miracleonice: β€œIn Cambridge, Massachusetts, a quiet supermarket erupted at the news into a riot of flying toilet tissue and paper towels streamers. The customers were joined in their spreeβ€”and soon ledβ€”by the market employees and manager.”
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Two words when delivered right can mean so much: thank you.
Summer begins: βœ”οΈMade in America, the everything store, Antifragile, and Measure What Matters
Pieces from @nntaleb⁩’s Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder | smoking negativa benefit, Nietzsche’s choice, oranges’ origin and its juice, dignity
A matter of perspective: Heaven and Hell edition The Tao of Charlie Munger
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πŸ‘‹ great seeing you and Sue working together for the event. Hope you had a wonderful @VentureCafe!