While You Were Away: Dec 12, 2021

My father is 77 years old and has stage 4 prostate cancer. He decided to learn how to ice skate a few years ago, and just did this performance with his teacher.

For anyone that thinks it’s too late to try something new… ❤️

— Rebekah Bastian (@rebekah_bastian)
1:14 AM • Dec 9, 2021

Early career years are painful.

You feel like an idiot 98% of the time - lost, confused and insecure.

I wish I had a playbook on principles for my first job.

So I put one together.

Here are 9 threads packed with lessons about building a career I wish I knew sooner:

— Romeen Sheth (@RomeenSheth)
1:28 AM • Dec 9, 2021

1/ On stories: This painting, along with my explanation of it and the artist who painted it was the genesis of @trengriffin's idea to do a story and their lessons episode of @InfiniteL88ps with the 2 of us. Tren's stories were so good, we never got to this one, so here it is:

— Jim OShaughnessy (@jposhaughnessy)
10:55 PM • Dec 9, 2021

I'm always here preaching on how important reading is when it comes to writing skills.

So today, I'm sharing some of my favorite books that made me a better thinker, writer, and reader. 🧵!

— Kaleigh Moore (@kaleighf)
2:53 PM • Dec 6, 2021

How to fix everything in your life:

— Zain Kahn (@heykahn)
4:15 PM • Dec 6, 2021

Marketing 101 🧵

I’ve spent the last 10 years working at the intersection of content - community - commerce.

Here are some things to know….
- which comes first
- OKRs
- long term / short term investments
- team and smart resourcing

— Amanda Goetz (@AmandaMGoetz)
1:28 PM • Dec 7, 2021

M&A is brutal.

It's a full time job, emotionally taxing and mixed with subjective feedback.

So how do you know if potential M&A is worth your time?

Here’s a cheat sheet I share with founders:

— Kara Nortman (@karanortman)
12:58 AM • Dec 10, 2021

1/ Setting the record straight about web3. 🧵

— cantino.eth (@chriscantino)
10:20 PM • Dec 8, 2021

Seven types of NFTs 🧵

— cdixon.eth (@cdixon)
6:21 PM • Dec 11, 2021

I attribute a lot of my success to being really really good at email.

Here's my playbook for how you can handle 50K+ emails/year without breaking a sweat 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

— Jesse Pujji (@jspujji)
6:39 PM • Dec 8, 2021

What’s something you’ve changed your mind about?

— Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy)
4:43 PM • Dec 8, 2021

I recently found out I'm going to be a father.

Here are the principles I want to teach my child to live by:

— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom)
2:20 PM • Dec 4, 2021