Christina Ducruet
@stina
Long time internet nerd; seamstress of people and ideas; designing experiences for soulful self-discovery
Christina Ducruet
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I think a lot of founders are scared of criticism. The truth is, if your company is going to be successful, the users who encounter your product in the first few months are such a tiny fraction of all future users. I’d rather our first 10 users tell me why our product blows so I can fix it prior to onboarding the next 10,000.
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I’m pebbling you 😚
Extra feels and points if you know this song 👀
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A beautiful quote from John O’Donahue, on friendship and conversations:
... See moreWhen was the last time you had a great conversation? A conversation that wasn’t just two intersecting monologues, but when you overheard yourself saying things you never knew you knew, that you heard yourself receiving from somebody words that found places within you that you th
“As mystical awe unfolds, the default self dissolves, a shift in selfawareness that William James called "surrender." This has been found in studies in which through different means people are led to feel mystical awe, and activation in the DMN is observed with measures of brain response. These studies find that the DMN is quieted when Carmelite nu
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There are two ways to make the world more mesmerizing: to seek out new and increasingly intense experiences, or to loosen the filters that make ordinary experience “ordinary”. You can go skydiving, or you can meditate for long enough that walking feels like skydiving. Either way, I think what we’re seeking is an escape back into what we used to be,... See more
Kasra • Tastes of magic
technology amplifies behavior.
Jan Chipchase • Hidden in Plain Sight: How to Create Extraordinary Products for Tomorrow's Customers
Loss isn’t just a one-time event; it’s something we experience repeatedly as we remember those we’ve lost. But there can be repeated gratitude in this process. Grief can be a way of revisiting memories, reaching for moments that defined our connection. In this way, loss becomes a celebration of the life or moments we once shared with them.___LINEBR... See more
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A biographer of the novelist E. M. Forster wrote, “To speak to him was to be seduced by an inverse charisma, a sense of being listened to with such intensity that you had to be your most honest, sharpest, and best self.” Imagine how good it would be to be that guy.