We're richer, but that wealth doesn't reflect durable, authentic economic value - which is hitting fast diminishing returns. The growth that we're pursuing is neither sustainable - nor is it, in many ways, real growth at all. Boardrooms from finance to autos to energy to pharma to fashion have learned that the hard way.
Umair HaqueThe social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection, and community. That's what there's too little of in today's mediascape, despite all the hoopla surrounding social tools. The promise of the Internet wasn't merely to inflate relationships, without adding depth, resonance, and meaning. It was to fundamentally rewire people, communities, civil society, business, and the state โ through thicker, stronger, more meaningful relationships. That's where the future of media lies.
Umair HaqueThe direction worth going in isn't up, down, forward, or backward. It's towards. And beyond.
Umair HaqueThe biggest mistake you can make is listening to people who've given up on their dreams telling you to give up on yours.
Umair HaqueLetโs summarize. What is awesomeness? Awesomeness happens when thick โ real, meaningful โ value is created by people who love what they do, added to insanely great stuff, and multiplied by communities who are delighted and inspired because they are authentically better off. Thatโs a better kind of innovation, built for 21st century economics.
Umair HaqueFollow your passion, weโre often told. But how do you find your passion? Let me put it another way: what is it that breaks your heart about the world? Itโs there that you begin to find what moves you. If you want to find your passion, surrender to your heartbreak. Your heartbreak points towards a truer north โ and itโs the difficult journey towards it that is, in the truest sense, no mere passing idyllic infatuation, but enduring, tempestuous passion.
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