Hi everyone, This week we're diving in on compounded luck, how to navigate downturns as an employee, what causes logos to look the same and learn how to make products that people will pay for. Cheers, Janel
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Compounded Luck "Early luck has a massive impact. Where you’re born, the caste society puts you in, whether or not you were appropriately precocious in various early ranking systems–these all get compounded.
Compounding early luck is generally fine with people who have early luck. What a surprise. But it’s unfair and it’s also a talent-utilization problem that hurts everyone. When we fail to create the conditions for people to persist with resilience until the luck comes along, we all lose." Become Default Essential A guide to navigating downturns as an employee. The key is becoming so essential to your company with the impact you make at work.
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What's Causing Logos To Look The Same? Many iconic brands have switched to very standard looking logos. What's causing this shift? Dive into it (and multiple theories) in this thread by David Perell.
