Jan '24

P.S. Let love light the way

Hey there! ✌️

In this edition:

a magic emoji you should use more often,
screenshots from my gallery,
startup advice from Bukowski.

Enjoy! `;)`

🤜🤛 Fist emojis.

There’s a friend of mine who always sends me the left fist emoji 🤜

That’s so genius! Do you see the meanings? This is a symbol of 2 very noble human values.

Collaboration.
The 🤜 is supposed to be completed by your 🤛, it’s not complete by itself.
Putting the other person’s interests first.
On your side, it looks perfect.

Boom. Left fist on the left, right fist on the right.
But on his side, things are a little different.

You have to sacrifice your own to make it look right on the other person’s side.

Both business and personal relationships should be based on these principles.

To be willing to sacrifice yourself so that others may gain. And why would you ever do that? Because you know that they would’ve done it for you!

This is the only kind of strength that truly makes you proud and fulfilled, and also the only kind of strength that leads teams to achieve things individuals never could. It’s in the roots of human nature: we want to help one another. We’re meant for something bigger than ourselves.

( Simon Sinek delivered a timeless talk about this at 99U back in 2013. It’s titled like his book, “Why Leaders Eat Last”. You can find this and other few of my favorite speeches and presentations ever in my youtube playlist at 📺 danielfalbo.com/tv. )

So I encourage you to send more 🤜.
With your text messages and, most importantly, actions.

Ah, and thank you much Erick! 😊 🤜

📲 screenshots and pictures from my gallery

🎢 Charles Bukowski was a startup founder.

He must have been. Here’s one of his most popular works.

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedIf you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery — isolation. Isolation is a gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.

🧘

And with Bukowski’s startup life poem, that’s it for this edition!

Feel free to reply to this to start a conversation.
Include any URLs about you.
I love to learn about new people.

Remember to do what makes you proud.

Best,
Daniel

Comments:

LUCA BARATTINI (Jan 25, 2024):

This is so nice Daniel! Thanks for sharing. Connected to your second screen with the quote of Mark Manson look at the transcript from the meditation I did tonight. It resembles the same concept.

..... whenever you realize that you were distracted, and you redirect your attention back to your homebase, this is a win, not a failure. It means that you just successfully made a choice about where to put your attention. You didn't allow your wandering mind to be in control. What we pay attention to becomes our life.

Daniel Falbo (Jan 25, 2024):

So glad, Luca! 🧘‍♂️🎮