To be average is to see what exists. To innovate, create, and be above average is to see in between what exists, to what could be. Example of seeing in between: people use social media to connect, and people call taxis to get rides. What if the two were combined, and people used social media …
I moved today — for the fifth time in fifteen months. Not far — just across the Ravenel Bridge, from Downtown Charleston to Mt. Pleasant — but the distance almost doesn’t matter. If you’re moving, it’s unsettling and a bother. Also, again — the fifth time in fifteen months. I reused boxes today I used …
Always seek to become more interesting. Becoming more interesting requires learning. It requires obtaining new experiences, and new information, and new knowledge. Interestingness is a good indicator of value. The more interesting you are, the more interesting the content you’re able to create. The greater your well of information that you can draw from, the …
There are two different ways you can make decisions: from a place of curiosity, or a place of constriction. If you’re making decision from a curious standpoint, you’re pursuing opportunities because you wonder “what if.” You’re curious about what might have been, what might be now, or what could be in future. You’re curious to …
I talk all the time about how you don’t know what you don’t know. It’s one of the most important things in life — the more you know, the more you realize you don’t know. But the reverse is also true — you don’t know how much you know. And you won’t know, until there’s …
We have a lot of valuable thoughts that we waste. We think a lot throughout the day. A lot of our thoughts are fairly pedantic — pertaining to the things we’re focused on in the moment, and not terribly relevant outside of that context. But we have a number of thoughts throughout the day that …