Corey McComb

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From 10 Toxic Character Types To Avoid Hiring At All Costs by Robert Greene

… and intelligent but of strong character will prove more reliable and productive over the long run. People of real strength are as rare as gold and if you find them you should respond as if you had a discovered a treasure.

From 10 Toxic Character Types To Avoid Hiring At All Costs by Robert Greene

Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess. For instance, people of high intelligence but weak character may come up with good ideas and even d…

From The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’ by Amanda Hess

The central disappointment of these spaces is not that they are so narcissistic but rather that their designers seem to have such a low view of the people who visit them. Observing an artwork or climbing a mountain actually invites us to create meaning in our lives. But in these spaces, the idea of interacting with the world is made so slickly transactional that our role is hugely diminished. Stalking through the colorful hallways of New York’s “experiences,” I felt like a shell of a person…

From The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’ by Amanda Hess

… free wine and eat ice cream. But as my summer of pop-ups dragged on, I began to dread my evenings. What began as a kicky story idea became a masochistic march through voids of meaning. I found myself sleepwalking through them, fantasizing about going to a real museum. Or watching television. Or being on Twitter.

From Your Work Is the Only Thing That Matters by Ryan Holiday

About a year ago, my mind began to construct this recurring moving image that would play on a loop whenever I was working on a book or a particularly difficult article. I’d close my eyes, think about the project, and there it would be. The image is of an unidentifiable baseball player at the plate. It’s zoomed in like one of those SportsCenter closeups, and the batter is already mid-swing and connecting with the ball. It’s one of those beautiful, old-timey swings like Mickey Mantle or Ted Williams used to do. The front leg extended, the back leg all the way back, the bat coming up and hitting the ball perfectly.

From The Simple 5 Phase Framework For Growing Your Startup by Mark Pecota

Don’t give in to your desire to jump back in to start doing menial tasks. That’s what your team is for. You now have the opportunity to do what you do best: think.

From The Simple 5 Phase Framework For Growing Your Startup by Mark Pecota

Someone has paid you.

From The Simple 5 Phase Framework For Growing Your Startup by Mark Pecota

How do you know if you’ve completed this phase?