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← Industriousness and enthusiasm are the cornerstones of success, with faith and patience at the top
17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 1 Feb 1903 to 9 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Industriousness and enthusiasm are the cornerstones of success, with faith and patience at the top
Industriousness and enthusiasm are the cornerstones of success, with faith and patience at the top
JW
John Wooden — holds since c. 2001 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A leader too impatient to sustain a waiting game will undermine strategies built on economic pressure and waiting out an adversary. — tap to centre the map on it
A leader too impatient to sustain a waiting game will undermine strategies built on economic pressure and waiting out an adversary.
Last stated a month ago
9 Sept 2026
DD
Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team that is falling behind can only be fixed by hiring more people; no amount of process or patience will move it. — tap to centre the map on it
A team that is falling behind can only be fixed by hiring more people; no amount of process or patience will move it.
Last stated 8 years ago
17 Jun 2018
WL
Will Larson — holds since 2018-06-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agents might, like self-driving cars, not need special equipment to interact with the environment — tap to centre the map on it
Agents might, like self-driving cars, not need special equipment to interact with the environment
Last stated 4 years ago
26 Oct 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-10-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Be impatient with actions and patient with results, because results come out of complex systems and other people. — tap to centre the map on it
Be impatient with actions and patient with results, because results come out of complex systems and other people.
Last stated 7 years ago
28 Dec 2019
NR
Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Black Americans should support Booker T. Washington's thrift and industrial training but firmly oppose his acceptance of injustice — tap to centre the map on it
Black Americans should support Booker T. Washington's thrift and industrial training but firmly oppose his acceptance of injustice
Last stated 124 years ago
1 Feb 1903
WB
W. E. B. Du Bois — holds since 1903-02-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cruelty is the most extreme of all vices — tap to centre the map on it
Cruelty is the most extreme of all vices
MM
Michel de Montaigne — holds since c. 1571–1592 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every designer should use Claude Code if part of the team's end product is code, because it beats going back and forth with an engineer. — tap to centre the map on it
Every designer should use Claude Code if part of the team's end product is code, because it beats going back and forth with an engineer.
Last stated 2 months ago
4 Aug 2026
NP
Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Impatience is a good thing: it is the best way to get faster at things, and being fast correlates strongly with being effective. — tap to centre the map on it
Impatience is a good thing: it is the best way to get faster at things, and being fast correlates strongly with being effective.
Last stated 6 years ago
1 Jul 2020
BK
Ben Kuhn — holds since 2020-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 8 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
WM
William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bubble can only be identified in retrospect, so arguing about whether one is happening now cannot be settled now. — tap to centre the map on it
A bubble can only be identified in retrospect, so arguing about whether one is happening now cannot be settled now.
Last stated 10 months ago
9 Dec 2025
HM
Howard Marks — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it
A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
OB
Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at.
Last stated 4 months ago
2 Jun 2026
MP
Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it
A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Aug 2026
MH
Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are
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