"Your #1 competitor starting out will always be the BACK button, nothing else."
— Gary Tan
Great video by Gary Vaynerchuk at RailsConf about actually giving a damn.
Think for a second if you would have made that last tweet or posted a very negative blog rant if your grandchildren might someday read it?
People are increasingly understanding once something gets published online, it is impossible for it to be removed. However, I don’t think people are completely grasping the historical perspective of information in general.
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The way it should be. Kudos to the Stack Exchange folks for working to make their data as open as possible.
1% Better
In reading Tony Hsieh’s excellent Delivering Happiness there is a blog post by CFO, Alfred Lin, about what can be accomplished by getting 1% better everyday (personally, community, company, etc.).
Imagine yourself making 1% changes every day that compounds and will make you and Zappos 37x better by the end of the year. Imagine if every employee at Zappos was doing the same. Imagine how much better you, Zappos and the world will be next year.
A 1% improvement everyday will yield a 37x return. As an example, $100 with a 1% daily return would net you $3,700 at the end of the year ($100 * (1 + 1%) ^ 365 = $3,778.34).
While you cannot calculate mathematically a 1% life improvement it still a great daily goal. What can you do today to improve the world around you by 1%? Can you do it tomorrow as well?
Purpose Vs. Profit
This really gels with a great book I am reading, Start With Why.
Once you loose site of the purpose (WHY), nothing else really matters.
There are all different kinds of currency in life. Numbers in a bank account are just one of them.
Very well said.
A nice to see article for the tech sector.
The growth has reached a level where tech companies are pushing to hire again, in some cases engaging in heated competition for talent
