A batch of the best highlights from what Nathan's read, .
Many creatives want to be just the creator, or only “the idea guy.” They like that because it’s sexy and because that’s what comes easy to us. But I suspect we like it also because we’re afraid. We’re afraid of taking full responsibility for everything that comes next.
Perennial Seller
Ryan Holiday
Realizing the company had become overly dependent on a single product, he looked for other crops to plant: coconuts, pineapples, quinine trees. “From Boston to Bogotá, he weeded out superfluous employees until one of every four was gone,” reported The Wall Street Journal.
The Fish That Ate the Whale
Rich Cohen
The easiest place to start as a Curator is by curating what you are a Superconsumer of—and sharing that.
Snow Leopard
Category Pirates, Nicolas Cole, Christopher Lochhead, and Eddie Yoon