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First, you learn the rules. Then, you learn how to break them. source https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/how-steve-jobs-used-the-rule-of-3-to-command-attention-spark-innovation-and-make-even-the-most-basic-and-boring-decisions/91285200

The Swiss company Punkt has released its latest handset, the MC03, a cellphone that merges minimalist hardware design with a matching UX experience that promises total privacy protection against greedy corporations who want to track you and own your data for their own benefit. This thing got me at “DeGoogled From the Core,” which isContinueContinue reading “This ultra-minimalist phone wants to end the ‘you are the product’ era”

Since exercise can make you smarter, less stressed, and happier, Google decided to find ways to help employees exercise more often. The research team assigned employees to one of three groups: People in one group were asked to pick a convenient two-hour window, and to follow a strict routine: something along the lines of “work out at 6 p.m.ContinueContinue reading “Google research says successfully forming a lifelong habit comes down to 1 word”

Why venture capitalists and private equity investors refuse to say the quiet part out loud. source https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/the-money-people-still-wont-admit-were-in-an-ai-bubble-and-they-never-will/91284179

Remember that scene in The Devil Wears Prada when Miranda Priestly silences Andy Sachs with a perfectly delivered monologue about a cerulean blue sweater? Andy had dismissed it as trivial—just another fashion detail. But Miranda’s lesson wasn’t about the sweater. It was about power: When you think you’re outside the system, you’re actually reinforcing it.ContinueContinue reading “Why the best leaders treat their wardrobe like a strategic tool”