One Big Idea - David Perell
Source: (https://www.perell.com.blog.one-big-idea)[one big idea — david perell]
- tags :: thinking.meaningfullife,thinking.simplicity
- We live in the age of Performative Reading
- Man! These opening paragraphs feel really hard-hitting. We race through books like we're collecting mushrooms in Super Mario Kart.
- We rush from mountain top experience to mountain top experience - expecting the next book/article/TED talk to be the one to drive us into action.
- =Take a simple idea and take it seriously= Charlie Munger
- Many successful people find their edge by putting their faith in one big idea - committing to it, leaning into it, framing all their thinking by it.
- Rich Barton
- Founded Expedia, Zillow and Glassdoor
- =bringing power to the people=
- All attack opaque markets and bring transparency - reducing the assymetric information/power dynamic.
- Richard Mosse
- =photograph the invisible=
- Using infrared for refugees for example.
- Implications
- The complexity of the world is overwhelming - if you look through the lens of your big idea you can grasp opportunities that others are blind to.
- A carpenter, gardener, engineer - all see different things in the same place - different potentials
- What is the worldview/big idea that could have the most impact on my life/work/mission?