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  • Spread the disease, sell the cure

    I really enjoyed this.

  • The latest issue of Creative Playbook is out. You can sign up here.

  • “Happiness is not positive or negative. It’s the absence of both.”—Naval Ravikant Naval is good. Not because he founded Angel List which I love. But because his way of living is so unique and inspiring. Listen to first 40 mins of this podcast to learn how to cultivate happiness in your life.

  • We are story cogs

    This is a capture from Sapiens. It pretty much sums up the thesis for our cognitive revolution. We have been a story cog from the beginning.

  • Ben Thompson at Code Media

    A primitive to understanding media landscape in the age of Facebook.

  • It is what it does. Shouldn’t this be the goal of every consumer product?

  • Management for Startups

    Is management a necessary subject for startup CEOs? Yes. Not because they have to do more of it but because they have to do less of it. Reed Hastings sums it up brilliantly in first couple of mins of this podcast. On a side note, listening to Marc Andresseen at 2x speed and not missing…

  • A Fanatic

    Winsten Churchal said A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. Most successfull CEO’s are.

  • Empathy is not sympathy

    When you are sympathetic you often become part of the problem. For example, a loved one is ill and you start to feel the pain and helplessness she is feeling. This does not do any good to the person. It might increase her pain though. Being sympathetic is easy. It’s a sure way of doing nothing…

  • Five step formula to ship projects on time

    I often feel that I am good at starting things. And not so good at finishing them. It tuns out to be a bad habit because when you don’t finish things your mind hangs in there. You never get an over with the stuff. And the project you started with great zeal and zest soon…