A Few Good (Lateral) Thoughts #10
Quick little thoughts at the end of the week
In case you missed anything, here’s an overview of the past lateral week:
Egrets, those beautiful birds (also regrets)
Welcome to the 10th Friday Special:
Yes, I know it’s technically Saturday in most places. It’s been a tough week, ok?
Looking back at this week, topics were kinda dark. In fairness, it was one of the toughest weeks I’ve had in a while and I’m absolutely spent.
Funny how the topics I choose for the newsletter reflect my daily mood.
I didn’t even check stats this week, my achievement is simply being able to still send 5 pieces of lateral thinking exercises every day.
Here’s food for thought for the weekend:
In their current form, most cryptocurrencies and NFT related businesses are basically pyramid schemes - that doesn’t mean you can’t make money (plenty of people make money from pyramid schemes), it just means that some people end up with the short stick.
And to make it worse, the press doesn’t pick up stories about the average guy or girl who lost their life savings by making a risky investment in NFTs and a coin named after a duck. We only hear the stories about people making millions.
Creating boundaries is important, but overcoming them is just as important
I’ve heard this a lot recently, people bragging about how well they’ve set up their boundaries and immediately say “no” when they’re crossed (and power to them). But most amazing people I know have amazing flexibility on their boundaries.
They know when to quit, but they also know they don’t hold the absolute truth.
Fuck notifications
There’s plenty of research on how push notifications are basically the digital equivalent of living in a casino 24/7, so I’m going to start experimenting with totally shutting them down for different periods of time.
No idea how that’ll go, but I’ll at least have more time to write this newsletter.
Take care of yourself (and others).
See you all on Monday.