Simon Sarris (
@simonsarris): a thinker, a creator, a do-er & much more
i compiled 3,000 of Simon&
#39;s most recent tweets into a list of important points, organized within 4 categories.
categories:
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">home & family
A thread...
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❔" title="White question mark ornament" aria-label="Emoji: White question mark ornament">who is Simon Sarris?
Simon is a software developer by trade, but his desire to think, build and share doesn&
#39;t end there. he tweets about many topics including: development
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after compiling the 3k tweets, i setup formatting within Sheets to highlight words related to the various categories mentioned above. i moved each category into their own sheet and began sorting through tweets that i found to be the most important.
my dataset (wip screenshot)
after sorting through tagged tweets, i then sorted through all not-tagged tweets (tweets not covered by the conditional formatting)
i did this manually because my skillset from a dev standpoint is non-existent, but it was important to read the tweets on my own anyway...
each category contains snippets of tweets and/or an over-arching thought related to the tweets (in my words) within that category.
let&
#39;s start with &
#39;life&
#39;
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">plan for the future
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#39;s important to do [things], live and flourish
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#39;t avoid "doing" because it feels temporary at the time
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#39;t over calculate
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">Twitter is the easiest way to publicly think and do and through engaging on Twitter you may find your "people"[/community]
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">be aware of what you stand behind. most causes are not thought out enough to advocate and certainly not enough to scream about
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity is a kind of skill
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">the surest tell that someone knows very little is if they claim to have a solution for everything
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">if there is risk & reward, you should think deeply about how to accomplish it
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">spend time thinking
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">pursue a better version of yourself, your community and the world
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">be weary of material that is labeled for self-help and self-care
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">vocalize your ideas. even the feeble ones
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">people buy and think in stories
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">tell better stories
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">philosophy begins in wonder
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#39;s advocate for long enough and people just see you as the devil
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">taking no risks in the short term is its own risk in the long term
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">cultivate levity to give others joy
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#39;t over rationalize
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏗️" title="Building construction" aria-label="Emoji: Building construction">building/creating
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">create more things
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">improve your world. lay your cobblestone path. the cobblestone path may outlive you
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">focus on craft of some sort
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">making something, even something simple, and enjoy the ritual
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">creating is also about removing (think photography)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">there is almost nothing more gratifying than building and improving the world around you
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">less "how to" instruction and more instruction through actually doing. collecting knowledge delays applying our hands.
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#39;t over rationalize
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">religion cannot "explain" the world
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">religion should leave you in wonder
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">become religious. fill yourself with wonder and stay open to mystery.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">have faith
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">religion (like philosophy) begins in wonder
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏡" title="House with garden" aria-label="Emoji: House with garden">home & family
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">having kids earlier may eliminate some "freedom", but it also gives you 5 more years of life with kids and grand-kids
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">"children look forward to growing the courage to make meaningful decisions"
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">"i think a lot of parents don&
#39;t notice when their kids are interested in something, or overly guide them. i want to give my kids enough free-form exploration, materials, and boredom, to discover interests on their own. what i want for my children is a strong internal locus."
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔸" title="Small orange diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small orange diamond">"home" is foremost the set of rituals you make for yourself and others, in order to dwell poetically in a place
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#39;s process for designing their home:
https://twitter.com/simonsarris/status/1217980398770233344">https://twitter.com/simonsarr...
i very much appreciate someone who publishes their thoughts for others to see. when one publishes his thoughts it puts him in a vulnerable place. one that can be judged by others. the above only captures some of Simon Sarris&
#39;s thoughts. for more, follow
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@simonsarris
for the published post, visit my site here:
https://nickvitucci.com/blog/simon-sarris/i">https://nickvitucci.com/blog/simo... saw
@jmikolay do a similar analysis for
@david_perell and
@mkobach. thanks for the inspiration, Justin.
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