Action Method
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Make Ideas Happen. A finely crafted set of organizational products designed for taking action. Made by the team behind @ActionDigest and Making Ideas Happen.
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Show your ideas some respect. ~ Featured: Action Book Mini; 3 Varieties Designed by and for creative minds to take action and make ideas happen.
In 2011 Warren Buffett did a Q&A in India Half way through the event—one young investor steps up to the mic: "What makes Warren Buffett a great investor? Is it the intelligence or the discipline?" Buffett's response reveals the rare personality trait that's made him billions
Relentless with action. Patient with results. Only then.
Keep one eye on the digging and one eye on the dirt. Productivity and leadership lessons learned from nearly impossible projects like the Panama Canal. actiondigest.com/p/death-by-pro…
What makes the most successful entrepreneurs so special? Thousands of studies have tried to answer this question One trait that comes up over and over again? Bricolage. (The ability to make the most of limited resources) 7 ways to spot someone with bricolage ⬇️
The CEO of LMNT restructured his whole company after hearing a quote from Naval Ravikant: “Work like a lion, not like a cow” He rolled out one change that transformed LMNT from a pasture into a $200M+ savannah He calls it the 3:1 work method 🧵
where to mine new ideas…
This is something Paul Graham also recommends New ideas are found at the frontiers of knowledge Immerse yourself in a subject until you reach the boundaries of what is understood
Everyone's talking about "Founder Mode" But no one knows what it actually is Our only clue is that it was inspired by studying the management style of Steve Jobs Here's 18 ways Jobs activated Founder Mode after returning to Apple in 1997: 🧵
This is Bill Buxton A man who has quietly inspired generations of product designers in Silicon Valley and beyond Bill's secret weapon? He perfected a simple technique to create stuff people ACTUALLY want And all you need is a pen and some paper... 🧵
The iconic chest-pounding hum in Wolf of Wall Street was unscripted McConaughey used it as a pre-scene warm-up DiCaprio suggested including it in the scene Unplanned authenticity often creates the most iconic moments in art, sports, and beyond Don't just stick to the script
In 1995, Michael Dell was 30 years old His company was making over a billion dollars each quarter It followed a nightmarish period in 1993 where the stock plummeted 70% A journalist asked Dell how he dealt with all his overwhelm and burnout The interviewer couldn’t believe…
The biggest mistake people make when testing new ideas: (Incredible wisdom from @scottbelsky gleaned through dozens of successful product launches)
admission of fault and flexibility is a flex
Don't be scared to change your mind Admitting we're wrong improves our reputation Scientists who admitted they were wrong about a previous finding had better reputations than those who doubled down Refusing to change course damages reputation far more than changing our minds
Quick success fades fast. Slow success is built to last.
State your goals plainly yet boldly, and remember that you must knock upon the door of opportunity multiple times before it swings open. A few iconic stories to illustrate from Michael Phelps to Jennifer Lawrence…
In 1966, Robert Caro came home to some shocking news from his wife, Ina “I’ve sold the house,” she informed him It sold for $25,000 And it meant that they’d have enough money for Robert to keep pursuing his dream Fast forward to today...
maybe we call them “micro goals?” and maybe they are more achievable than normal macro goals that seem insurmountable?
What does a crazy mountaineering accident teach us about deep motivation and grit? In 1985, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates became the first people to climb the west face of the Siula Grande mountain. But on their way back down, Joe fell over 70 feet into an icy crevasse. Alone,…
This is John Steinbeck. You probably studied his books in English class. But you probably didn’t know this… He wrote Grapes Of Wrath in just 5 months. The book is 619 pages and won a Pulitzer Prize. Steinbeck’s secret? His weirdly genius writing routine. Each day, before…
How much do our creative tools impact what and how we create?
You rise to the quality of your tools. Famed creator of Lost among other Hollywood blockbusters explains, “It’s like putting on a tie. It’s like ‘OK I’m going to work now.” J. J. has observed over the course of his career that the tools he uses to create have a meaningful…
We have an unfortunate bias toward ADDITION. Whenever we try to improve something, we default to adding more stuff. More features. More habits. More words. But Chanel’s playbook was one of subtraction. Her genius lay in her ability to delete, to strip-back, and to subvert.
Chanel ™ is the 89th largest private company in the world. Yet Coco Chanel was an orphan from the age of 11. She had no formal education in fashion and no inheritance. So how did she build one of the greatest fashion empires of all time? The secret is that Chanel developed…
To become influential, we must first be influenced. It turns out, our outputs - what we create and release into the world - is only bounded by our inputs - everything we’ve cared to learn, experience, and consider (or obsess over)…
Expose Yourself To The Best Things That Humans Have Done While it isn’t explicitly stated, there’s a chapter in Walter Issacson’s biography on Steve Jobs that makes the source of his mystical taste blindingly obvious. “The Jobses’ house and the others in their neighborhood…
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