Emma Grede Built a Multibillion-Dollar Brand Empire by Starting With Herself
After years shaping brands like Skims behind the scenes, Emma Grede has stepped into the spotlight as a podcaster, creator, and now author.Read More
Kinder than necessary
If it’s just the right amount of necessary kindness, it’s not really kindness. It’s pleasantness.
If the people in our circle begin to experience behavior that’s kinder than necessary, the expectations for what’s necessary will ratchet forward, making everything more pleasant.
And… being kind is a lovely way to spend your day.
[Compare this to an alternative: “be as selfish as you can get away with.” Hardly worth going down that path.]
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Netflix owes Italian subscribers up to €500 after court rules its price hikes were illegal
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LinkedIn is secretly scanning your browser for 6,000 extensions, and you weren’t told
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