#6 Coolest Things I came across this week
The Moon & The Sky. Also, a cool way to fascinate about the world's biggest consumer company and an opinion of mine, which you are not entitled to.
Hey there, Greetings from Home!
I am a few hours late again.
Well, that happens when you’re back home for the first time in the year, technically.
I haven’t had much time to write the past week, hence it might not be as creative as you’d expect but hey, we all need a break sometimes.
Also, this happens you know:
Usually, my newsletters are neat and clean with actionable tips on how to do A or how to achieve B with neat bullet points and helpful links.
I’ll get back to those sort of pieces in the near future but today I’ve decided to wing it.
Here are some cool things that I felt like sharing.
#1 Amazon
In the words of Stedi CEO Zack Kanter, this is Amazon:
"Amazon is a perpetual motion machine. The company doesn’t have to rely on willpower to get things done.
Instead, as a platform, it has internal compounding loops that keep the business moving. Amazon works by seeding new business ventures, discovering what works, and amplifying the highest leverage experiments. It’s an evolution in real life.
And as a result, the company doesn’t rely on willpower or any single individual. It’s a machine that keeps moving and by being a customer of itself it aggregates a lot of data from its extremely large surface area."
So, what is Amazon? It started as an unbound Walmart, an algorithm for running an unbound search for global optima in the world of physical products. It became a platform for adapting that algorithm to any opportunity for customer-centric value creation that it encountered. If it devises a way to keep its incentive structures intact as it exposes itself through its ever-expanding external interfaces, it – or its various split-off subsidiaries – will dominate the economy for a generation. And if not, it’ll be just another company that seemed unstoppable until it wasn’t.
I remain fascinated to see what will happen next.
#2 Sky and the Moon
Here’s a photograph of the moon from the same place over a 28-day cycle:
#3 Opinions
Lately, I have been flooded with opinions. You see, these are the opinions from loved ones and friends that have no real interest in what I’m actually about in life.
Sometimes, I think the worst part of these unsolicited pieces of non-contextual ‘opinions’ is that they are from people who have achieved very little. People who have never had the balls to do anything different with their lives, yet wish to tell me what to do in mine.
If anyone is worthy of giving their opinion they should have some pedigree. Actual knowledge on the subject they are speaking about is required for me to entertain the idea of giving a damn about what they have to say.
So, to those who have decided to talk to me in the name of worry, concern, or the thinking that they know best — on behalf of myself and readers (you) in agreement, we collectively wish you a giant — thanks but no thanks.
The point is, when receiving advice, it’s best to question the source.
I won’t go much further into this rant as I’d be wasting my time and yours and admittedly I’m not sure where I was going with this anyway, but, here’s my opinion on opinions.
It’s an annoying experience to get advice from someone who has no investment in the quality of your life — or happiness — without proper context.
These are people with a warped sense of self-importance who are arrogant enough to think that they have some sort of weight in our decision-making process.
It’s best to ignore these imbeciles and stick to the opinions of people you trust. People with relevant experience. More importantly, it’s imperative to listen to our gut and inner voice.
Of course, what do I know? — this is just my opinion.
Until next week,
Darshil
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