https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog daily 0.75 2022-12-06 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/writing-every-day monthly 0.5 2020-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1596308057946-OCYURL6FDBY2NRIC43UZ/yqqrt4op_400x400.jpg The Weekly Idea - Writing every day - “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. 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And my view is, that's a debilitating phrase because it implies there's a strict trade-off.” - Jeff Bezos https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/listening-to-understand monthly 0.5 2021-06-11 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/our-last-freedom monthly 0.5 2020-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1600822931677-0LW7F3B1JJWG9DJOU3Z3/6a00e54ed2b7aa883301b7c6fccca9970b-650wi.png The Weekly Idea - Our last freedom Viktor Frankl (1905 - 1997). Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, author. 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A slide from his 2016 TED Talk, The surprising habits of original thinkers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1601529084103-X6C10LYJDH40AHIYZOHB/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+11.55.38+PM.png The Weekly Idea - Idea doubt vs Self doubt https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/roi monthly 0.5 2020-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1601589673809-LIRXTMDPS6JRRMLLZYI5/Screen+Shot+2020-10-01+at+5.01.02+PM.png The Weekly Idea - ROI “No days off.” - Usain Bolt https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/someone-else-is-already-doing-it monthly 0.5 2020-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1601707144394-GMUW639LEDC8NOMHZEF7/Screen+Shot+2020-10-03+at+1.38.55+AM.png The Weekly Idea - Someone is already doing it Oliver, Marc, and Alexander Samwer. German brothers and co-founders of Alando, Jamba!, and Berlin-based startup studio Rocket Internet. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/the-sincerest-form-of-flattery monthly 0.5 2021-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1601705034505-62YJTA4DU30NJT0XQEZH/hendrix-2.jpg The Weekly Idea - The sincerest form of flattery “There must be some kind of way outta here. 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A flat object made from a tree on which funny dark squiggles are imprinted. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another. Maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. 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Of Harvard’s twelve grad schools, the largest is the College of Arts and Science, offering advanced degrees in 56 disciplines. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/field-mice-or-antelopes monthly 0.5 2020-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1604067047707-1N5O2UGE9PRBTOSGGVGZ/Zulu%2C%2BLE3%2Band%2BLeya.jpg The Weekly Idea - Field mice or antelope? https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/whats-really-important monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1604120253835-CSCLF5TG64NA1XX1I9P2/Screen+Shot+2020-10-30+at+11.57.26+PM.png The Weekly Idea - The future belongs to the best editors Jason Fried (@jasonfried), co-founder and CEO at Basecamp, and co-author of four books, including It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/that-will-never-work monthly 0.5 2020-11-02 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/the-dunning-kruger-effect monthly 0.5 2020-11-03 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/controlling-our-narrative monthly 0.5 2020-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1604384589918-4RAA26PGWFQVB34XFGXC/image-asset.jpeg The Weekly Idea - Our narrative Joe’s Crab Shack, 123 2nd Ave S., Downtown Nashville, TN https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/circle-of-concern-vs-circle-of-influence-46l22 monthly 0.5 2020-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1596856235614-9RRUABVVZNK80CNQMQL4/Screen+Shot+2020-08-07+at+10.10.24+PM.png The Weekly Idea - Circle of Concern vs. Circle of Influence (revisited) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1604499426449-LTVY1OBSV8F40TVE520Y/P20170614JB-0303-2-1920x720.jpg The Weekly Idea - Circle of Concern vs. Circle of Influence (revisited) 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC, 20006 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/excellence-is-the-next-5-minutes monthly 0.5 2020-11-06 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/gradually-then-suddenly monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1604759317829-PYVJZSPBV5ZE6JIHILQQ/a959e90cf477c1314bf4d3bf6be429f7.jpg The Weekly Idea - Gradually, then suddenly https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/100-days-in-a-row monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/adopting-technology monthly 0.5 2020-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1605070645557-T22JLHP3G0ZEL3EZWZ5B/Screen+Shot+2020-11-10+at+10.57.07+PM.png The Weekly Idea - Two questions to ask before adopting new technology Movie poster for Modern Times, 1936. A silent film written, directed, and produced by Charlie Chaplin. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/good-leaders-and-great-leaders monthly 0.5 2021-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1606279183107-LNT4C5HYD02V56774F2Q/Screen+Shot+2020-11-24+at+10.39.33+PM.png The Weekly Idea - Good leaders and great leaders “A sign of a good leader is not how many followers you have but how many leaders you create.” - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who used nonviolent resistance to campaign for India's independence from the British. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/disagree-and-commit monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/running-into-our-limits monthly 0.5 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1607059548481-KKO0W8KOSZKPM60R2VVQ/WOOM_location_image_1.jpg The Weekly Idea - Running into our limits Woolsthorpe Manor, the birthplace and family farm of Sir Isaac Newton. Lincolnshire, England. The apple tree that inspired Newton to work on the law of universal gravitation is still alive after over 400 years, attended by gardeners, secured with a fence, and cared for by National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/seventhgenerationprinciple monthly 0.5 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1607697251480-4P4QYLEUGZCWA7AEPQ4I/4-500-generations-v2.png The Weekly Idea - Seventh Generation Principle “Everything we call civilization was invented in the last 500 generations—way too short a time for our bodies and brains to re-optimize. We're a bunch of forest primates in a totally unnatural environment, trying our little best. 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The names closest to the center (like Georgia O’Keeffe) are the most connected. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/a-season-of-hope monthly 0.5 2020-12-24 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/peace-out-2020 monthly 0.5 2021-01-02 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/the-law-of-the-lever monthly 0.5 2021-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1609868704279-Y8GA75CI49N87C1JVQEE/archimedes-lever-800x533.gif The Weekly Idea - The law of the lever “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” - Archimedes https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/learning-earning-or-fun monthly 0.5 2021-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1627396929463-D3YLJXTNCDW5PVTBILAJ/Bruce.jpg The Weekly Idea - Learning, Earning, or Fun - Make it stand out “I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said ‘Sit down’ I stood up.” - Growin’ Up, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (The Boss) https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/acceptandadapt monthly 0.5 2021-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1611244659455-AFFS83EMISK3SPJSQ2WY/a391c8681b37ed973e91ffc8b79e513a.png The Weekly Idea - Accept and adapt https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/love-is-for-wrestlers monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1611748857346-FGNN5TFIK5O8VDFEZQAB/Ethics-Centre_Big-Thinkers-Rumi.jpg The Weekly Idea - Love is the work of wrestlers Portrait of the 13th-century Persian poet and mystic, Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/back-to-normal monthly 0.5 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1612464580724-F4AGN5AVSODBW3IG122Z/3UJ73BFC6IEPN6YLTHHANJBYKU.jpg The Weekly Idea - The Mushroom Pickers A cluster of morel mushrooms (Morchella). Prized by gourmet cooks, especially in French cuisine. They grow abundantly in the wild each Spring, but morels are almost impossible to grow on farms. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/modern-tribes monthly 0.5 2021-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1623786705146-S7G3HNSQSSILB95S1CDQ/Dinner+table.jpeg The Weekly Idea - Modern Tribes - Make it stand out “We ate well and cheaply, and drank well and cheaply, and slept well and warm together, and loved each other.” Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/cities-whisper monthly 0.5 2021-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1613126277972-ZF9FTH7DDJI2ID6LE94L/Screen+Shot+2021-02-12+at+4.34.31+AM.png The Weekly Idea - Cities Whisper The Hollywood Walk of Fame includes ~2,700 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 18 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles, CA. The stars display the names of famous entertainers, including musicians, actors, directors, producers, and fictional characters. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/eudaemonia monthly 0.5 2021-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1614686749428-IA06HTYI3QVHM6AVZAJV/12998.jpeg.jpg The Weekly Idea - Eudaemonia Canadian artist and graphic designer David Voshart created photoreal portraits of Roman Emperors. This is what emperor/philosopher Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180 CE) may have looked like. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/ignoring-advice monthly 0.5 2021-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1614167192564-M626221LRACMK4E9TM9Q/chet-768x609.jpg The Weekly Idea - Ignoring advice From left to right, the men sitting are Chet Atkins, Shel Silverstein, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson. Silverstein is best known for writing beloved children’s books, like A Light in the Attic and Where The Sidewalk Ends. But he was also a grammy-winning songwriter for country and folk musicians, including Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, and Loretta Lynn. 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Da Vinci was left-handed, and his peers called him “Mancino”, Italian slang for a left-handed person. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/a-path-with-heart monthly 0.5 2021-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1616680834204-GYZHWHGUT69IJAWULDNV/1101730305_400.jpg The Weekly Idea - A path with a heart In 1973, the March 5 issue of Time Magazine featured Carlos Castaneda, an American author who became a cultural phenomenon writing about shamanism. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/overprotective-parents monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1617210207142-ZO2SC1991IUVYWL00IXZ/NSFNET-backbone-56K.png The Weekly Idea - Overprotective Parents A map illustrating one of the first networks on the internet. The National Science Foundation invested public money to connect a handful of universities. They called their network NSFNET, and it launched in 1986. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/whatwethinkofourselves monthly 0.5 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1617683113938-BPH0EY1LZVZYRR2VU6MQ/ebers-papyrus-scaled.jpg The Weekly Idea - What we think of ourselves The Ebers Papyrus is the most comprehensive and best record of ancient Egyptian medicine, and it includes 700 magical formulas and folk remedies. It’s really old. Scholars estimate it was written in ~1500 BC. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/the-egg monthly 0.5 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1617941414051-3SA9ANM2NBHXQMXHEPSV/Screen+Shot+2021-04-08+at+11.08.28+PM.png The Weekly Idea - The Egg Andy Weir, science fiction novelist, in a photo he posted to Reddit in 2016 just before hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/trust-wager monthly 0.5 2021-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1618832574469-0OW7UI6UWXTR703P6EQD/self-reported-trust-attitudes.png The Weekly Idea - The Trust Wager The Dutch and the Chinese extend a lot of trust. Colombians, not so much. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/lewins-formula monthly 0.5 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1619547977694-AVFKDEUGYF9HUZ5Z5MWN/Screen+Shot+2021-04-27+at+1.25.57+PM.png The Weekly Idea - Lewin’s Formula An American soldier holds a flower behind his back. One of the first troops returning to Seattle from Vietnam. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/whats-next monthly 0.5 2021-05-07 https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/elur-nedlog monthly 0.5 2021-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1620757939030-1D4TXQNT5ARDO1GB5426/Welcome-image-mobile.jpg The Weekly Idea - The Golden Rule… backwards - Make it stand out “Nothing sounds as good to the soul as truth.” - Martha Beck, Harvard trained sociologist, author, and life coach. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/gillian-is-a-dancer monthly 0.5 2021-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1621423692783-ZRY64R9VZEJFWWV1CQDW/jamie-osborne-4.jpg The Weekly Idea - Gillian is a dancer - Make it stand out The Gillian Lynne Theatre. Formerly the New London Theatre, it was officially renamed in 2018 and became the first theatre in the West End of London to be named after a non-royal woman. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/disappointment monthly 0.5 2021-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1622042960292-6SMIWL0U0THJ0ZYI9WBW/grotto.jpg The Weekly Idea - Disappointment - Make it stand out The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the University of Notre Dame. During football weekends and finals, it’s hard to find an unlit candle. Priests celebrate outdoor mass here regularly. Hundreds of students have proposed marriage here. And the Rosary is prayed every day at 6:45 pm, rain or shine. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/areasonforbeing monthly 0.5 2021-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1622572921481-HJROGA4HPW3295RWVP8B/ikigai-768x726.jpg The Weekly Idea - A reason for being - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/thesmoothhandle monthly 0.5 2021-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1623166123673-606LG5XQN03JHJDOITVD/3FWFX7E6HVHOJPXG3JTFDCCEAM.jpg The Weekly Idea - The smooth handle - Make it stand out The Graff House, Philadephia, PA. In a parlor room on the second floor, this is where Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/i-love-the-1000 monthly 0.5 2021-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1623735777914-DIMFL0AX6CSMUZR2FWNG/dan-jansen-and-daughter-today-tease-180205-1315676.jpg The Weekly Idea - “I love the 1,000” - Make it stand out Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen holding his daughter after winning a gold medal in the 1,000-meter race at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/growth-and-comfort monthly 0.5 2021-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1624562303213-Q9I6K2BRXNUVQ7EEBMV1/Screen+Shot+2020-08-05+at+1.48.22+AM.png The Weekly Idea - Bring it on. Calhoun Hall at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. I took an undergraduate accounting course in this building in 2003. And I got a C. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/stop-being-nice monthly 0.5 2021-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1625083974962-L0T92O9319OIUURDTXCG/2x2.png The Weekly Idea - Don’t let your friend wear that fedora - Make it stand out A chart created by Kim Scott, the author of the best-selling book Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Kim says radical candor is the sweet spot. The spot where we can challenge directly while caring personally. The place where we’re brave and kind. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/networksmatter monthly 0.5 2021-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1625743014980-VQ2MSXMKLYIBGUXATWFD/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.jpg The Weekly Idea - Networks Matter - Make it stand out Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, and their entourage in NYC. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/positive-sum-games monthly 0.5 2021-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1626278252663-ATR1I2974EKMSK64I0VU/unnamed.jpg The Weekly Idea - Play Positive Sum Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/makingitlookeasy monthly 0.5 2021-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1626879735546-UVZU8MM9WKUTW0TSP8GA/1_wQz9hug8PWf2ke0eqE3-yg.jpg The Weekly Idea - Making it look easy Before Blake Mycoskie founded Toms Shoes, he started several other businesses. A campus laundry business at SMU, a failed reality TV channel called Reality Central, and an online driving school called Drivers Ed Direct. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/you-are-not-your-job-yeddb monthly 0.5 2021-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1627396068621-H6GBNLJW9WLPBILQ2NH1/il_570xN.1325571098_p21w.jpg The Weekly Idea - You are not the work you do. “You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your f#c%!n& khakis.” - Fight Club (1999) https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/between-chaos-and-rigidity monthly 0.5 2021-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1628095141187-TWYBBW1XH4REUM5TVZCS/pablo-picasso-kimdir.jpg The Weekly Idea - Between Chaos and Rigidity - Make it stand out “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” Pablo Ruiz Picasso https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/we-are-what-we-consume monthly 0.5 2021-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1628694480701-RUYXR28I5XPK5ZYX3741/thomas-jefferson.jpg The Weekly Idea - We are what we consume - Make it stand out I cannot live without books. - THOMAS JEFFERSON Thomas Jefferson built a personal library of 7,000 books at his home in Monticello. He loved reading so much he invented a rotating table for his study - it made it easier to swivel between five books at the same time. His favorite books included Plato’s Works of Plato, Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, John Locke’s Two Treaties of Government, and Henry Home’s The Gentleman Farmer. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/tacking monthly 0.5 2021-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1629371758530-FI8ZF0C7B3AZK0RKTJB7/5ec8f19128de5904aafc6285_tacking+in+the+wind.jpg The Weekly Idea - Tacking - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/the-ultimate-status-symbol-is-free-time monthly 0.5 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1629823992476-G2JAS1OEZPD4G5ER8TJI/Warren+Buffett+Desk.jpg The Weekly Idea - The ultimate status symbol is free time - Make it stand out Warren Buffett’s desk in Omaha famously has a landline phone. And no computer. He reportedly reads 500 pages a day. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/innovation monthly 0.5 2021-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1630607631654-5835IQ06QYZE3LFX49KZ/1024px-Roman_soldiers_with_marching_packs_01.jpg The Weekly Idea - Innovation is combination Engravings featuring the marching packs (sarcinas) of Roman soldiers on a triumphal column in Italy. Trajan’s column was completed in AD 113 to commemorate Roman emperor Trajan’s victory in the Dacian Wars. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/no-guts-no-glory monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1631199797900-S8H8EI3GO96VI74VUYMJ/George_Caleb_Bingham_-_Daniel_Boone_escorting_settlers_through_the_Cumberland_Gap+%281%29.jpeg The Weekly Idea - Reaching Out Toward Risk and Glory - Make it stand out Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap, an 1851 oil painting by George Caleb Bingham. Bingham’s art was especially influential in crafting and spreading popular myths about American national identity in the era of westward expansion. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/the-elegance-of-the-wolf monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1631728325719-3K3A446862DIIWCQXOZ1/beaver-ndh-yell-1259.jpg The Weekly Idea - A $35M wolfpack that moved rivers - Make it stand out Twenty five years ago, there were < 5 beavers in Yellowstone National Park. Today, there are > 500. The beaver population exploded after 14 gray wolves were relocated to the 3,500 square mile park in 1995. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/good-peer-pressure monthly 0.5 2021-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1632339134956-LW9CVM0UR8Z1HGCGYOFQ/IMG_1499.JPG The Weekly Idea - Good peer pressure - Make it stand out Long before Amy Poehler (left) and Tina Fey (right) were stars on SNL, they were best friends who met at an improv club in Chicago. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/come-whoever-you-are monthly 0.5 2021-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1633445379819-BXAEP3EDZTYAR0G62K6E/eventbrite.jpg The Weekly Idea - No place to be hopeless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/the-reason-tesla-never-won-a-nobel-prize monthly 0.5 2021-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1632949490992-UUVPFOCHK2NX4F0VXARS/tq4is-C0C1TTR673V-Full-Image_GalleryBackground-en-US-1494048313491._SX1080_.jpg The Weekly Idea - The real reason Tesla never won a Nobel Prize - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/you-dont-know-what-you-can-get-away-with-until-you-try monthly 0.5 2021-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1634751916285-6ONC584F7PS3R9BRMBQL/Powell-Colin-ROTC.jpg The Weekly Idea - You don’t know what you can get away with until you try - Make it stand out Colin Powell in his ROTC uniform at City College of New York in 1954. Powell “found his calling when he joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.” He graduated at the top of his class with the rank of cadet colonel, the highest rank in the training corps. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/fast-good-or-cheap-pick-2 monthly 0.5 2021-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/27e72555-4b0d-45f4-8884-aa962be61a58/0_BXO-Krt9rSiopn6k.png The Weekly Idea - Fast, Good, or Cheap (pick 2) - Make it stand out From InReach Solutions, a Portland-based tech company that makes software for foster care and adoption agencies. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/local-maximums monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/9eb787b7-a211-430a-9b73-8942760a5859/seven-summits-darq.jpg The Weekly Idea - Beyond local maximums - Make it stand out Of the 107 billion humans who’ve ever lived, fewer than 500 have climbed The Seven Summits, the highest points of elevation on each continent. The first human to climb all seven was a 55-year old American, Dick Bass. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/more-than-professional monthly 0.5 2021-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/e6911528-6277-4ac8-aa80-95c5cb4c36be/051820-ceo-pay.png The Weekly Idea - More than professional - Make it stand out The CEO pay ratio is calculated by dividing the CEO’s compensation by the pay of the median employee, meaning half of a company’s workers make more and half make less. In ‘19, the CEO of Wells Fargo made 550x more money than the median Wells Fargo employee. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/love-isnt-found-its-built monthly 0.5 2021-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/88d7baa5-f397-482c-9c30-a62be734913e/Screen+Shot+2021-11-16+at+12.11.50+PM.png The Weekly Idea - Love isn’t found. It’s built. - Make it stand out Authors were especially interested in communism in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/ae93d329-1d4a-44e8-aa7c-428cf506f41e/Soulmate.jpg The Weekly Idea - Love isn’t found. It’s built. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/12b0c114-14a2-4e4e-9adc-b714593bb545/trista-sutter-alex-michel-bachelorette.jpg The Weekly Idea - Love isn’t found. It’s built. - Make it stand out The Bachelor (and spinoff The Bachelorette) is an American dating and relationship reality TV series that debuted in 2002. Out of the 42 couples who ‘found love’ on the show, 15 are still together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/6eb5fc20-9156-4e72-b44d-13e2a3c17d5c/Screen+Shot+2021-11-16+at+12.18.13+PM.png The Weekly Idea - Love isn’t found. It’s built. - Make it stand out 19th-century writers were more interested in cholera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/d65fa3cb-fd4c-4069-8a84-d1e2814568f3/Screen+Shot+2021-11-16+at+12.04.30+PM.png The Weekly Idea - Love isn’t found. It’s built. - Make it stand out Enter a word or phrase, and Ngram Viewer shows how often that phrase shows up in Google’s entire corpus of scanned books over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/d1b1e4ad-a4e4-40be-8d47-4937a972fe35/Onetruelove.jpg The Weekly Idea - Love isn’t found. It’s built. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/f0f2db63-bb9d-4be8-9856-807ac599bee7/Screen+Shot+2021-11-16+at+12.12.44+PM.png The Weekly Idea - Love isn’t found. It’s built. - Make it stand out ...and social media doesn’t get any mentions before 2001. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/be-a-thermostat-1 monthly 0.5 2021-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/15bdb8d0-6cef-47d1-9e8a-f09d0a2fbf4e/damper-flapper-parts.jpg The Weekly Idea - Be a thermostat - Make it stand out In 1883, Albert Butz patented the first temperature regulator for ovens. He called it the damper flapper (above). In 1906, a young engineer named Mark Honeywell purchased Butz’s patent and developed the first programmable thermostat. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/quality-time-vs-quantity-time-eh8r9 monthly 0.5 2021-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/d32d0f77-2658-4a25-a900-8ed5bc9658b1/hith-lincoln-and-sarah-josepha-hale-jpg-2.png The Weekly Idea - Quality time vs. Quantity time - Make it stand out Sarah Josepha Hale was a 19th-century editor and the author of the nursery rhyme, Mary Had A Little Lamb. She’s also why most Americans spent extra time with family this week. Sarah wrote letters to politicians for 17 years trying to persuade them to make Thanksgiving a national holiday (it was already observed by most Americans in New England). She wrote to President Lincoln in 1863, and after reading her letter he signed into action A National Day of Thanksgiving and Praise. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/ourselves monthly 0.5 2021-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/3d095696-d581-480d-a3f2-48071708376c/thomas-merton.jpg The Weekly Idea - The world needs us to be ourselves - Make it stand out “For me to be a saint means to be myself.” THOMAS MERTON American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, and scholar of comparative religion. Before he became a monk, Merton studied English at Columbia University in NYC. Interesting side note: one of his closest friends at Columbia was John Slate, who went on to be a founding partner at Skadden. Merton died on this day (December 10) in 1968, 53 years ago at the age of 53. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/Cassius monthly 0.5 2021-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/0a18aa38-a055-43e7-a30f-791ab2ec993b/Screen+Shot+2021-12-24+at+7.39.27+AM.png The Weekly Idea - The Cassius Clay you’ve never heard of - Make it stand out Before Muhammad Ali was The Greatest, he was a poor, black, dyslexic kid named Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr…named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr… who was named after another Kentuckian born in 1810. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/coolthingsilearnedin21 monthly 0.5 2022-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/8c31fb98-5311-4c38-851d-785eeeae3c1c/IMG_3135.jpeg The Weekly Idea - I blew up in Nepal last year - Make it stand out Screenshot of my running list of ideas on the Notes app of my Iphone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/31d93bf8-28f4-43da-a9ad-7b133a3c6fec/Screen+Shot+2022-01-05+at+6.49.52+AM.png The Weekly Idea - I blew up in Nepal last year - Make it stand out Chloropleth map of 7,592 readers across the globe. Lots of Americans, but some decent shading on other continents too. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/7-helpful-hand-drawings monthly 0.5 2022-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/b6179fac-d611-4b32-bcae-6a8915711cd7/FIlgqO9XoAccIuK.jpg The Weekly Idea - 7 helpful hand sketches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/8936157e-6eaf-485d-b693-c5319260fb58/FIlgxBuWUAUHSeJ.jpg The Weekly Idea - 7 helpful hand sketches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/2da26f20-5000-446d-9908-792d720de3dc/FIlgxtpX0AErh5s.jpg The Weekly Idea - 7 helpful hand sketches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/ffeaf6d7-8d67-456b-a636-56a27036f11a/FIlgsq8XoAAWC01.jpg The Weekly Idea - 7 helpful hand sketches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/b4780272-f92a-43f8-92c7-055567e5c7a5/FIlgvG0XsAUcj3h.jpg The Weekly Idea - 7 helpful hand sketches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/37e50f84-a371-48ff-9f2f-a1d00b0f1d0f/FIlgpLjWYAkEgqF.jpg The Weekly Idea - 7 helpful hand sketches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/0bf34fa7-bf1a-44a6-8188-3f43f636b7a7/FIlg1VSWYAsHqc3.jpg The Weekly Idea - 7 helpful hand sketches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/time-billionaires monthly 0.5 2022-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/db842ad4-7d09-4ca7-865f-0aab10013bf0/FEufxD5VkAEt8m2.jpg The Weekly Idea - Time Billionaires - Make it stand out This is how the average American spends their life. 26 years sleeping. 7 more years trying to fall asleep. 13 years working. 8.3 years watching TV. 4.5 years eating and 4.3 years doing chores. 3 years on social media and another 3 years commuting. 1.8 years grooming. And 1.3 years exercising. Source: Joe Portsmouth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/53b4878c-0afa-4b5e-8797-f50b8a308a78/Weeks-block-YOU.png The Weekly Idea - Time Billionaires - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/8d26b180-f889-427c-b483-2884ade301cc/Weeks-block-LIFE1.png The Weekly Idea - Time Billionaires - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/7f1b9fde-c286-4a28-a964-8d09e18c8c8b/Years.png The Weekly Idea - Time Billionaires - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/00e32f06-b169-4e5a-b135-abacfc502889/Weeks.png The Weekly Idea - Time Billionaires - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/0e2f5a9a-1ac9-438b-b650-004790d9a951/Months1.png The Weekly Idea - Time Billionaires - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/its-not-just-business monthly 0.5 2022-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/fbb2509d-8b1b-460f-998a-ae9274d0baf7/112046255-ddce2f88-d014-44d0-93b2-d708e1cb6ffd.jpg The Weekly Idea - It’s not just business - Make it stand out The ‘Moon Shoe' was one of Nike’s first models, designed for runners at the 1972 Olympic trials. Nike only made 12 pairs, and in 2019 one of those pairs sold at auction for $437,500. Nike has been the world’s most valuable apparel brand since 2014. The swoosh is worth $30B, nearly double the second most valuable apparel brand, Gucci ($16B). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/e05b2efb-cd3c-4162-88f6-e7063201ea56/0_lMPxN8rpJ30ltOrw.jpg The Weekly Idea - It’s not just business - Make it stand out One of Phil’s early newspaper ads featuring Tiger running shoes. Years later they rebranded as Asics. Onitsuka wanted to reach both American coasts, and Phil said ‘no problem.’. His distribution center in CA was a newly leased retail space for a running store, and his center in Massachusetts was a PO Box (see above). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/3246ba46-6948-4e1a-87d0-e9588c331b35/Nike_swoosh_logo71.png The Weekly Idea - It’s not just business - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/someone-else-is-already-doing-it-nice monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/1601707144394-GMUW639LEDC8NOMHZEF7/Screen+Shot+2020-10-03+at+1.38.55+AM.png The Weekly Idea - Someone is already doing it? Nice. The Samwer brothers. Oliver, Marc, and Alexander. These Germans co-founded Alando, Jamba!, and Berlin-based startup studio Rocket Internet. https://www.ryanmccostlin.com/blog/nasahiring monthly 0.5 2022-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f21c785773f796f082d955f/428fcf05-21df-427e-aa55-a6afe3f03dac/RoemerAndAstronauts.860w.jpg The Weekly Idea - The soft skill NASA wants in every astronaut - Make it stand out Anna Roemer (black shirt and jacket) with the NASA astronaut class of 2017. 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