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Read this korrent: Very successful people who do not feel dead inside have taken the approach of serving demand as an objective good.
Very successful people who do not feel dead inside have taken the approach of serving demand as an objective good.
Last stated a year ago
24 Oct 2025
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Rob Snyder — holds since 2025-10-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company should manufacture fresh internal challenges for its best people, because the alternative is that they go and find those challenges at another company. — tap to centre the map on it
A company should manufacture fresh internal challenges for its best people, because the alternative is that they go and find those challenges at another company.
Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most people never sit down to decide what success or "enough" would look like for them, and so end up chasing growth indiscriminately. — tap to centre the map on it
Most people never sit down to decide what success or "enough" would look like for them, and so end up chasing growth indiscriminately.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Aug 2026
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Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Those who love stagnation seem to have gotten enough of what they wanted, and hopefully this is an inflexion point for breaking free from its oppressive rule. — tap to centre the map on it
Those who love stagnation seem to have gotten enough of what they wanted, and hopefully this is an inflexion point for breaking free from its oppressive rule.
Last stated a month ago
3 Oct 2026
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Watching someone will not show latent demand, because they do not look like they are struggling. — tap to centre the map on it
Watching someone will not show latent demand, because they do not look like they are struggling.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
9 Oct 2026
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Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Demand is so hard to conjure that founders should find it and choose their tactics from the demand side. — tap to centre the map on it
Demand is so hard to conjure that founders should find it and choose their tactics from the demand side.
Last stated a year ago
12 Sept 2025
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Rob Snyder — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Demand does not need to be painful, only something a person is trying to do and cannot do yet. — tap to centre the map on it
Demand does not need to be painful, only something a person is trying to do and cannot do yet.
Last stated 4 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Rob Snyder — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When a business starts to feel easy it is about to get very hard; comfort is the warning sign, not the reward. — tap to centre the map on it
When a business starts to feel easy it is about to get very hard; comfort is the warning sign, not the reward.
Last stated 3 months ago
14 Aug 2026
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Travis Kalanick — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most extremely successful people are not introspective, and their extremes do not bring lasting personal happiness. — tap to centre the map on it
Most extremely successful people are not introspective, and their extremes do not bring lasting personal happiness.
Last stated 8 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrew Wilkinson — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one. — tap to centre the map on it
'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one.
Last stated 6 years ago
12 Mar 2021
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
Last stated 5 months ago
19 Jun 2026
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Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it
A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off
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Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not — tap to centre the map on it
Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not
Last stated 11 years ago
27 May 2015
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Natalie Portman — holds since 2015-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Career is a means for maximizing utility rather than an end in itself. — tap to centre the map on it
Career is a means for maximizing utility rather than an end in itself.
Last stated a year ago
2 Oct 2025
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Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Equality's danger is absorbing people in permitted pleasures, which may enervate rather than corrupt the soul — tap to centre the map on it
Equality's danger is absorbing people in permitted pleasures, which may enervate rather than corrupt the soul
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Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1840 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it
Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest.
Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
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Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it
Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Aug 2026
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Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all — tap to centre the map on it
Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all
Last stated 12 years ago
26 Jul 2014
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Greg McKeown — holds since 2014-07-26 — tap for who they are
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Very successful people who do not feel dead inside have taken the approach of serving demand as an objective good.
Last stated 24 Oct 2025 · a year ago
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A company should manufacture fresh internal challenges for its best people, because the alternative is that they go and find those challenges at another company.
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Thuan Pham
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Most people never sit down to decide what success or "enough" would look like for them, and so end up chasing growth indiscriminately.
Last stated 28 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ryan Holiday
Similar wording
Those who love stagnation seem to have gotten enough of what they wanted, and hopefully this is an inflexion point for breaking free from its oppressive rule.
Last stated 3 Oct 2026 · a month ago
Holds Thorsten Ball
Similar wording
Watching someone will not show latent demand, because they do not look like they are struggling.
Last stated 9 Oct 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Rob Snyder
Similar wording
Demand is so hard to conjure that founders should find it and choose their tactics from the demand side.
Last stated 12 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Rob Snyder
Similar wording
Demand does not need to be painful, only something a person is trying to do and cannot do yet.
Last stated 29 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Rob Snyder
Similar wording
When a business starts to feel easy it is about to get very hard; comfort is the warning sign, not the reward.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Travis Kalanick
Similar wording
Most extremely successful people are not introspective, and their extremes do not bring lasting personal happiness.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Andrew Wilkinson
Same subject: happiness
'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one.
Last stated 12 Mar 2021 · 6 years ago
Holds Naval Ravikant
Same subject: happiness
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
Last stated 19 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Robert Jones, Jr.
Same subject: happiness
A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off
Last stated c. 1792
Holds Thomas Paine
Same subject: motivation
Achievement is wonderful when you know why you pursue it, and a trap when you do not
Last stated 27 May 2015 · 11 years ago
Holds Natalie Portman
Same subject: motivation
Career is a means for maximizing utility rather than an end in itself.
Last stated 2 Oct 2025 · a year ago
Holds Anne Helen Petersen
Same subject: motivation
Equality's danger is absorbing people in permitted pleasures, which may enervate rather than corrupt the soul
Last stated c. 1840
Holds Alexis de Tocqueville
Same subject: ambition
Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest.
Last stated 24 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Masud Husain
Same subject: ambition
Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities.
Last stated 28 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ryan Holiday
Same subject: ambition
Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all
Last stated 26 Jul 2014 · 12 years ago
Holds Greg McKeown