Great thread on Twitter/consumer apps. 📱
I for one look forward to following the eccentric genius that is @elonmusk as he transforms one of the largest social media platforms. It’s now privately held, less fucks given, and faster results. 🚀
I’ve worked on social products for a long time, and even seen some successes! Here’s why I think the take that Elon is crashing and burning Twitter into the ground is overrated, and Twitter is likely to survive just fine (and potentially thrive!)
Nice read.
1/ Oatly doesn't think like the rest. They've been around for 20 years as a Swedish company fighting for attention. Last week, the oat milk company raised $200mm at a $2bn valuation. This is a lesson on creativity and how @oatly turns disadvantages into massive opportunities.
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Some of the greatest turnarounds in history.
National
Meiji Restoration, 1868
Singapore, 1965
Boluan Fanzheng, 1978
Estonia, 1991
Manmohan Singh, 1991
Tech
Andy Grove, 1986
Steve Jobs, 1996
Jeff Bezos, 2001
Elon Musk, 2008
Mark Zuckerberg, 2012
Satya Nadella, 2014
Covid-19 remote work isn't the same as regular remote work. Not because of the work habits themselves, because every other aspect of life is remote.
#covid19 #remotework
Luxury having to deal with one. Focus and creating good habits helps navigating through all of them.
Everyone has at least one big thing that stands in the way of their success; find yours and deal with it. Write down what your one big thing is (such as identifying problems, designing solutions, pushing through to results)...
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"To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it." Marcus Aurelius
It's easier and more effective to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.
Same is true for products, focus a lot on what not to do rather than what are the right things to do. Often you'll be wrong about what you think is right.
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Minimize talk, minimize decisions, minimize moves.
Looking busy is bad and counterproductive.
Simplify, move with intention, leverage economy of motion and be efficient = productive. Looking busy is never a solution.
#Productivity
"Suppose you should think that a man had had a long voyage who had been caught in a raging storm as he left harbour, and carried hither and thither and driven round and round in a circle by the rage of opposing winds? He did not have a long voyage, just a long tossing about."
Gave up on news and limit my social media to Twitter with a well curated feed (value added).
Another thing I can think of, outsource labor - cleaning, shopping, driving
Some ways we waste time ...
Meetings.
Travelling for work.
Hopping on a quick call.
Replying to most emails.
Trying to change someone's mind.
Staying in relationships that we know won't last.
What else?
