Julian Shapiro
Writer and investor; founder of the growth agency Demand Curve, author of the handbooks at julian.com, and an investor in hardware startups through Julian Capital.
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Our reading
People rarely act on the life advice they save; advice must be memorized and drilled to be used.
Their wordsA funny lie of adulthood is pretending we’ll act on the life advice we save.
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Their wordsTalented storytellers know something bad storytellers don't: storytelling is the art of strategically withholding information.
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Their wordsYou never want to memorize your words. You only memorize key points then you rediscover the rich details and spontaneous turns of phrases in real time.
- 6 months earlier
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Our reading
To reach good ideas you must first see bad ideas through to completion rather than resist them.
Their wordsAt the beginning of a creative session, see through every bad idea that comes to mind. Instead of being self-critical and resisting bad ideas, recognize that you must see them to completion.
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Their wordsThis works because it is easier to look at something bad and intuit how to make it better than to make something good from scratch.
- 3 months earlier
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Their wordsYou can train yourself to identify when you’re working on the wrong thing—in real time as it’s happening.
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Their wordsReading many books is a popular vanity metric for adults.
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Their wordsMost friends aren't friends. They're acquaintances.
- 4 years earlier
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Our reading
Without periodic self-reflection people ride the momentum of whatever they are already doing.
Their wordsThat's the tragedy: Without self-reflection, we ride the momentum of whatever we're already doing and whatever we stumble across.