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While You Were Away - Learnings from CIA agents, overcoming fear, & avoiding the "messy middle."
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1: An interesting piece covering what Kevin calls the “messy middle.” The point where we’re continually trading our time for money hoping to someday buy the time back.Newsflash – it never happens.
🧵How to avoid the messy middle (& build a great life)
There’s a quote that is well known in climbing circles but rarely repeated elsewhere:
“At either end of the social spectrum there lies a leisure class.”
Freedom is achieved through simplicity or wealth.
It's... 👇
— Kevin Dahlstrom (@Camp4)
7:56 PM • Nov 15, 2021
2: Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, I’m guessing you’ve heard the rumblings about the future involving crypto, web3, NFT’s, and the like.Chris drops threads weekly breaking down this new world in an easy-to-digest format.
1/ How to turn your friends and family on to crypto, NFTs, and web3—without overwhelming them. 🧵
— cantino.eth (@chriscantino)
8:11 PM • Nov 15, 2021
3: My favorite quote from Codie’s piece below… “I always regretted saying too much, I rarely regretted saying too little.” Man, if that isn’t the truth…
I spent the week with two former CIA agents.
They blew my mind.
Here’s what I learned that everyone should know:
— Codie Sanchez 💥 (@Codie_Sanchez)
5:30 PM • Nov 12, 2021
4: A quick thread from Mags detailing the potential benefits of “tokenized” loyalty programs as compared to current systems. If you’re interested in tech and where the future is possibly headed, Magdalena is a great follow for all things web3.
Why do we need *tokenized* loyalty programs if we have perfectly well-functioning regular loyalty programs?
Let me explain the benefits of tokenizing using one of the most popular loyalty programs in the US: Starbucks Rewards 🧵
— mags.eth (⬇️,⬇️) (@magdalenakala)
6:12 PM • Nov 12, 2021
5: What do board meetings at some of the world’s biggest companies have in common? Learn from someone who’s been there…
After more than 1,000 board meetings at Microsoft, Airbnb, LinkedIn, PayPal, and more...
I've learned that effective boards don't happen by accident.
Here are 8 rituals of the world's best boards: 👇
— Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman)
3:26 PM • Nov 18, 2021
6: With all of the hubbub surrounding the possibility of a DAO buying the constitution this week, I went down a bit of a rabbit hole trying to learn exactly what a DAO is. Sarah provides one of the better explanations I’ve seen.
Everything You Need to Know About DAOs… You Learned in Elementary School 🍕🍕🍕
We already know so much about self-governing & pooling resources, most of which we learned as kids.
When you remove the jargon, DAOs are more intuitive than intimidating.
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— sarah wood (@sarah___wood)
10:45 PM • Nov 15, 2021
7: “Humans are the only creatures that go faster when they’re afraid.” I’d never really thought about it quite like that until reading this thread.7 questions that will help you identify & overcome your fear… Great read.
Fear is a mile wide but paper thin.
Break through it.
7 questions to make you fearless:🧵
— David Morris (@wdmorrisjr)
2:30 PM • Nov 14, 2021
8: You’ve been told your entire life that reading is good for you… Alex helps us to understand why.
You know reading books is good for you.
But do you know WHY?
Here are 10 science-backed health benefits of reading books:
(thread) 🧵
— Alex & Books 📚 (@AlexAndBooks_)
4:16 PM • Nov 18, 2021
9: Ryan is 27. He’s built 2 unicorns.He might know a thing or two about selling…Enjoyed this selection covering his process for building a sales team.
How to build a sales team:
— Ryan Breslow 🕺 (@theryanking)
5:44 PM • Nov 13, 2021
10: I couldn’t resist sharing these photos… Amazing
Need to brag on my dad for a minute…
He’s been an avid photographer for years. I think his work is breathtaking.
Here are a few of my favorites:
1. Balanced Rock (Arches National Park, Utah)
— Mark Appel (@markappel26)
2:48 PM • Nov 16, 2021
11: The origin story of Yahoo! TIL…
Jerry Yang co-founded Yahoo! in 1995.
The part you didn’t know?
Yahoo started as “Jerry and Dave’s Guide to the World Wide Web.”
The rollercoaster story of Jerry Yang & Yahoo 👇👇👇
— Ayush Jaiswal ✨ (@aayushjaiswal07)
1:45 PM • Nov 16, 2021