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AI illustrationHow long does it take to form a habit? What I used to say
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AI illustrationLooking for work? Prepare before sending your CV
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AI illustrationThe first habit that changed my life: sleeping
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AI illustrationYoung people at dinner: first the Walkman, now the phone
Insights: Summary and key points · Glossary statisticsThe Short challenges nostalgia about teenagers in the past. Against complaints about young people always being on their phones, it recalls withdrawing behind headphones or sitting at the table staring into space and giving one-word...
AI illustrationCan you build a startup in 90 days?
Insights: Summary and key points · Glossary statisticsMontemagno begins a challenge sponsored by Hostinger: try to build and sell a small digital product in 90 days using the sponsor's services and a stated budget cap of €1,000. This episode shows the choice of an idea rather than an...
AI illustrationCan you build a startup in 90 days?
Insights: Summary and key points · Glossary statisticsMontemagno begins a challenge sponsored by Hostinger: try to build and sell a small digital product in 90 days using the sponsor's services and a stated budget cap of €1,000. This episode shows the choice of an idea rather than an...
AI illustrationYou know the person who spends hours choosing a jar of jam at the supermarket…
Insights: Summary and key points · Glossary statisticsMontemagno describes a 'maximizer' as someone who keeps comparing possibilities without making a decision. He compares this to spending too long choosing jam because there might be a better option. His point is to account for the time...
AI illustrationA room full of rubbish? Do not buy a new wardrobe: clear it first.
Insights: Summary and key points · Glossary statisticsMontemagno suggests removing what does not work before adding more. His analogy is a room full of rubbish: buying a new wardrobe does not solve the problem; the rubbish needs to go first. This illustrates a practical principle rather...
AI illustrationBring Uliassi's panettone to a party and people will make room for you. At work…
Insights: Summary and key points · Glossary statisticsMontemagno uses Uliassi's panettone to illustrate how to get noticed: he imagines a guest bringing it to a party and immediately being offered a seat. He then suggests a practical sequence for starting a relationship: do something, show...
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What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
Editorial translation of the wording recalled by Marco.
Le Petit Prince
Context and sources
In The Little Prince, the fox speaks these words. Marco recalls them in Italian.
A notebook full of ideas. Something I wanted to find again. And a project that waited in a drawer for more than two years.