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While You Were Away: Origin stories, strange marketing campaigns, and the recipe for finding the perfect spouse.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson🗣️
“Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.”
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
— Jim OShaughnessy (@jposhaughnessy)
12:54 AM • Dec 2, 2021
It was 1875 and a young Chinese-Filipino women sat for an iconic portrait.
Though the use of technology, we can see her in a new light.
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele)
4:28 AM • Nov 29, 2021
Came across the story of one of the strangest marketing campaigns I’ve ever heard of.
Years ago, Quaker Oats gave away millions of actual land deeds to customers in boxes of cereal.
So in the 1950s,
(1/13) 👇
— Chantelle (@ccmarce_writes)
7:25 PM • Dec 3, 2021
It didn’t take me long in the crypto world to realize that it’s an ecosystem being fueled by the “House Money Effect”.
Having spent countless hours in the world of high stakes poker I recognized it instantly and now can’t stop seeing it everywhere I look. A short 🧵👇
— fintechjunkie.eth (@fintechjunkie)
1:29 AM • Dec 2, 2021
Root Cause Analysis (aka The 5 Whys) is a common consulting tactic.
But it can actually fuel personal development.
I've run 100's of these sessions and learned one key truth:
The 6th Why is the one that matters 🧵
— Dave Kline (@dklineii)
1:59 PM • Dec 2, 2021
It took me 6 months to reach 400 newsletter subscribers.
But only 6 WEEKS to pass 1,000.
How you can grow your newsletter from 0 to 1,000 subscribers — faster than me:
— Amanda Natividad (@amandanat)
3:22 PM • Nov 30, 2021
Found a glorious collection of maps from Reddit. Some could def change how you look at the world.
Here are 12 of them 🧵
— Trung Phan 🇨🇦 (@TrungTPhan)
4:26 PM • Dec 2, 2021
Every year during Thanksgiving week I think w/ particular gratitude about the man who completely changed my life in 2005 and allowed me to flourish from a quirky teenager in rural Poland into the boss bitch (💁♀️) I am today
Let’s have a little story time—
Mags: The Origin Story🧵— mags.eth (⬇️,⬇️) (@magdalenakala)
7:16 PM • Nov 27, 2021
The keys to finding a great spouse, a thread.
— Nick Huber (@sweatystartup)
12:45 PM • Dec 2, 2021
Twitter can change your life.
@david_perell + @mkobach's "How To Crush it on Twitter" teaches you how to take advantage.
8 years of what they've learned in a 2-hour video.
These notes turn that into a 15-minute read.Enjoy this brain dump 🧠🗑️
notion.so/How-to-Crush-i…— Alice Lemée (@alicellemee)
8:51 PM • Nov 27, 2020