Metadata
- Author: Brie Wolfson
- Full Title:: Flounder Mode
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- URL:: https://joincolossus.com/article/flounder-mode/
- Read date:: 2025-07-06
Highlights
Kelly’s idea of “1,000 true fans” practically christened the creator economy with his 2008 insight that “if 1,000 people will pay you 100k—more than enough to live on for most.” (View Highlight)
The people who become legendary in their interests never feel they have arrived. Kevin Kelly (View Highlight)
Cabe pensar que este pavo era un lumbreras
I started my career at Google selling AdWords to small businesses, and finished my first quarter as the number three seller in North America. (View Highlight)
I learned that Kelly doesn’t think in outputs. For him, doing is part of learning. “I don’t really pursue a destination,” he said. “I pursue a direction.” (View Highlight)
“Greatness is overrated,” he said, and I perked up. “It’s a form of extremism, and it comes with extreme vices that I have no interest in. Steve Jobs was a jerk. Bob Dylan is a jerk.” (View Highlight)
A recent xeet from Reid Hoffman reads, “If a founder brags about having ‘a balanced life,’ I assume they’re not serious about winning.” Jensen Huang says he wants to “torture people into greatness.” (View Highlight)
I imagined sharing my ambition to ‘have a good day, most days’ in a job interview—and decided to keep it to myself, because it probably doesn’t speak well of me. But there I was, in front of a personal hero, whose most striking quality is that he seems to be having a nice day, most days. Why can’t we work and enjoy it? (View Highlight)