The Weekend Wrap #2
💡 So You Want To Work at a Startup? Hone These 11 Soft Skills First via Jack Cohen
“If you take away nothing else from this post, remember this: there is no skill more important to have at a startup than taking the initiative.
The more you can take the initiative, i.e. anticipate where problems or opportunities might be and take calculated actions to address them without needing your hand held at every step, the more you’ll find yourself in the good graces of your superiors.”
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🌏Into the Dark: The Improbable Story of the Thai Cave Heroes via Maclean’s
“We were foreigners and we weren’t going somewhere foreigners often go, so when I saw the blond man across the Bangkok airport shuttle bus on our way to the remote mountains of Chiang Rai, a one-hour flight away, I asked whether he was about to do the one thing or the other: “Are you rescuing the boys or covering the rescue?”
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💭 One Day You’ll Be Dreaming Of Something You Have Now via Dan Pedersen
“Don’t let a lack of appreciation for what you have, and a lack of mindfulness for the present moment, cause you to be too focused on the future or the things other people have that you don’t. And don’t let the stress of what you don’t have destroy what you do have.”
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🎸 The Untold Stories of Paul McCartney via GQ
“He’s as famous and accomplished as a man can be. He could just stay home, relax, and count his money. But Paul McCartney is as driven as ever. Which is why he’s still making music and why he has loads of great stories you’ve never heard — about the sex life of the Beatles, how he talked John Lennon out of drilling holes in his head (really), and what actually happened when he worked with Kanye.”
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🏈 10 Super Bowl 2019 Travel Facts That Will Astonish You via National Geographic
“The Super Bowl is more than a game–it’s a cultural institution. What started as a playoff match has grown into a multi-day food, music, and football extravaganza, leading the Super Bowl to become one of the United States’ most popular travel events. This year, Atlanta hosts the 53rd Super Bowl, where the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams will compete in the most-watched sporting event in the country. This is only Atlanta’s third time hosting (Miami and New Orleans are tied for the most Super Bowls at 10 apiece), and the city has pulled out all the stops to prep for the influx of fans.
Whether you’re a football fanatic or just here for the commercials, here are 10 fun facts about travel to this year’s Super Bowl weekend.”
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🤖 How AI Will Turn Us All Into Filmmakers via Wired
“In high school, Mackenzie Leake shot a movie about being afraid to get her driver’s license. “A very millennial subject,” she jokes. It gave her a punishing lesson in editing video: Leake spent countless hours, over the course of weeks, “scrubbing” through her footage to find the best shots, then painstakingly assembling them. “It’s a ton of grunt work,” she notes.”
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📚 13 Books You Should Read This February via Lit Hub
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