Morning Ritual — 2.19.22

Beneath the relationship between sales and finance, there’s
tension. Sales wants speed. Finance wants accuracy. It seems like
a standoff that will never end.
Great achievements are a team effort — whether you’re launching a space mission, selling a product, or crushing your quarterly goals.
Are you ready to make a spaceflight reservation?
I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
One might even suggest that the companies billed as pandemic winners are not only not winners, they are also losers. Their conviction that consumer behavior would be forever changed by Covid led them to make poor decisions that dented future prospects.
I think people are willing to pay whatever the hell it takes to get away and go to a place they want to go.
We sort of coined the term ‘NASA-punk’ to describe a sci-fi universe that’s a little more grounded and relatable.
I am fascinated by something our brains do called perceptual restoration wherein they “fill in the blanks” using memories to fill in peripheral vision. Therefore, we can never really see everything quite at once.
Why do we have enough patience to allow seeds to grow, yet we rarely give ourselves the same grace. Plant your seeds, and then tend the garden for as long as it takes for your flowers to bloom.
An Evening With Pure Evil.
The premise is simple but counterintuitive: Imitating others is the fastest way to discover your unique style. Modern creators do the opposite, though. They stubbornly insist on originality, which they hold as their highest virtue — even when it comes at the expense of quality.