Twitter brings you closer. I mean, we see this over and over again from our users. It brings them closer to the action. It brings them closer to their heroes.
When lack of structure fails, it fails all at once. What works totally fine from 0-20 employees, is disastrous at 30.
Mutually Assured Destruction, MAD, works only as long as it works; it does not know what to do if deterrence fails, for it envisions no defensive capabilities. A deterrent works until it is needed; then one needs defenses.
Many Christians dread the thought of leaving this world. Why? Because so many have stored up their treasures on earth, not in heaven. Each day brings us closer to death. If your treasures are on earth, that means each day brings you closer to losing your treasures.
Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails.
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
Life is pretty simple:
You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works.
I'm the type of guy who fails and fails and fails, and then, as if failure has become sick of him, succeeds.
My band and I are even closer. They've grown with me over four years, so we're closer and closer and closer.
What works at scale may be different from scaling what works. Pilots often succeed, while scale-up often fails when the context changes.
More can be learned from what works than from what fails.
When sincerity fails, the offer of money usually works.
All our ignorance brings us closer to death.
Hardship brings people closer together if you share it.
Each failure brings you one step closer to success.
I think my life has been a long, slow process of trying to move closer and closer to the spirit by moving closer and closer to the heart. The heart is what's important.