for a while i worked in the world trade center, and i was so motivated to go in every day
like i get that that's not scalable but damn. environment matters so much. they should make office buildings you're proud to work in
do you wish you had more physical contact with members of the same sex as you?
31%m | yes
36%m | no
21%f | yes
11%f | no
61 votes • Final resultswould you want to cuddle platonically with members of the same sex, provided there’s a good level of trust / connection?
34%m | yes
35%m | no
23%f | yes
8%f | no
197 votes • Final resultshow do you train yourself to be more of a hardass?
sometimes i love cold showers and exercise and difficult conversations, other times they make me miserable. same with any kind of intense discipline, except maybe meditation which rarely has strong downside for me
i wonder if globalization / equality of opportunity contributes to more burnout and fewer people getting to useful places in old-school bureaucracies?
or is it just that there’s no more valor in being president? nothing ideologically pure about it?
you don’t need a better keyboard to be more productive
you don’t need a nicer kitchen to cook more
you don’t need more books to read more
you need to be surrounded by (and i mean surrounded by!) people who will benefit from your work
i fully believe this: so how do you work with it?
i’ve tried to find good material on telling stories in the past but it’s almost always about competitive storytelling (different enough where it’s not quite useful)







