Flip the stick
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Flip the stick
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#2"Think banks have an unfair advantage? Then be a bank. Think corporate radio is keeping your music from being heard? Then make a radio station."
A willingness to oversimplify the world certainly makes it a lot easier to write the kind of motivational drivel that this post aspires towards.
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#3If you're young and you're depressed by the phrase "It's all about who you know", I really encourage you follow this quick, life-changing script: email two or three people in your town that can help you, and offer to buy them lunch so you can pick their brain. It's very easy to meet people, and you don't have to be fake, politic, or even very outgoing.
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#4"Think banks have an unfair advantage? Then be a bank. Think corporate radio is keeping your music from being heard? Then make a radio station." A willingness to oversimplify the world certainly makes it a lot easier to write the kind of motivational drivel that this post aspires towards.
Whoa there. You're not even mentioning that he gives an example for each of these. Besides, he himself is an example of this; as he says, instead of complaining about music distribution, he started a distributor.
Is it not the case that our minds often like to tell us bleak stories that turn out to be far removed from reality? So maybe, reality doesn't necessarily need to be as complex as our minds might try to make it?
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#5"Think banks have an unfair advantage? Then be a bank. Think corporate radio is keeping your music from being heard? Then make a radio station." A willingness to oversimplify the world certainly makes it a lot easier to write the kind of motivational drivel that this post aspires towards.
Right, better to recognize and bitch about the complications of accomplishing than taking an abstract cue and running with it. Far more productive.
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#6"Think banks have an unfair advantage? Then be a bank. Think corporate radio is keeping your music from being heard? Then make a radio station." A willingness to oversimplify the world certainly makes it a lot easier to write the kind of motivational drivel that this post aspires towards.
Granted, not everything works this way. Far from everything. But it's a start, right? You can't change the system overnight, but you can change how you view the system in an instant. Maybe your new approach will fail. With a big and complicated enough proverbial stick, it's nearly assured.
But once you've taken the step of removing the arbitrary obstacles from your path, only the real ones remain. Which may sound a little depressing, but hey, once you're this far, why stop?
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#7"Think banks have an unfair advantage? Then be a bank. Think corporate radio is keeping your music from being heard? Then make a radio station." A willingness to oversimplify the world certainly makes it a lot easier to write the kind of motivational drivel that this post aspires towards.
Whoa there. You're not even mentioning that he gives an example for each of these. Besides, he himself is an example of this; as he says, instead of complaining about music distribution, he started a distributor. Is it not the case that our minds often like to tell us bleak stories that turn out to be far removed from reality? So maybe, reality doesn't necessarily need to be as complex as our minds might try to make…
Hate the game, not the player? ;) Seems to make sense, just take the better side of a trade. Think the market's going to crash? Short it. Might be trickier to buy CDS if you don't believe in the mortgage market, but apparently someone did that!
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#8I really enjoy reading Derek's posts. The culture that surrounds starting a company is often negative and requires a lot of effort to really push through. It's always nice to get a reminder that there is some hope and to get a refresher that has some broader perspective.
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#9"Think banks have an unfair advantage? Then be a bank. Think corporate radio is keeping your music from being heard? Then make a radio station." A willingness to oversimplify the world certainly makes it a lot easier to write the kind of motivational drivel that this post aspires towards.
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#10If you're young and you're depressed by the phrase "It's all about who you know", I really encourage you follow this quick, life-changing script: email two or three people in your town that can help you, and offer to buy them lunch so you can pick their brain. It's very easy to meet people, and you don't have to be fake, politic, or even very outgoing.
Good advice! Maybe avoid the phrase "pick your brain" when you ask, though. It's much more mutually-beneficial to offer up an interesting two-way conversation about a subject you're both interested in.
("You're doing some fascinating things with crowdsourcing. It's something I've been diving into as well, and have some ideas for you. At very least it'll be a good conversation. Can I treat you to a quick after-work drink at Tres Agaves across the street from your office some day next week?")