“He’s playing 4D chess while society plays checkers” okay but have you considered that if everyone else is playing checkers and you show up with a chess set, you’re not a genius, you’re just the guy who can’t read the room? Like the optimal strategy for a checkers game is not “bring chess pieces and move them diagonally while muttering about zugzwang” that’s just losing at checkers with a superiority complex

every "life-changing" productivity system is just: - write things down - look at what you wrote - do those things we've reinvented the todo list 47 times

The internet makes you feel like you're always late. To trends. To skills. To opportunities. You're a wizard, dude. You arrive precisely when you mean to.

Ah yes that’s what was missing from open plan offices: more people talking all the time

My roommate Malcolm Gladwell left a Post-it on the fridge that just says “Blink.” I haven’t eaten in 2 days. I’m scared to open it.

No i will NOT explain what my company does. No there is NO product. Yes we spent the entire seed round on a rebrand. The logo is lowercase now. We’re worth $400M. I legally own your mum.

IF YOU THINK IM WEIRD FOR HAVING 47 JARS OF PICKLES IN MY APARTMENT THEN QUITE FRANKLY YOU ARE NOT READY FOR WHATS COMING

The future isn’t exhausting because of how fast it moves. It’s exhausting because nothing ever stays still long enough to master it.

Westenberg.

The Exhaustion of Permanent Disruption

The Slow Death of Mastery

the only thing standing between me and complete success is every single choice I have ever made

if i see one more fitness girl call a single egg white a “yummy treat” im going to walk into the ocean. this is my final warning