The Fountainhead held the top spot in my “Favorite Books” list for a long time and I recently decided to read (listen) to it again.
The Fountainhead highlights the difference between producers and second-handers. Instead of review, I thought I’d post some of the most meaningful quotes from the book and allow you to get a glimpse into some of the ideas that are within the book.
Every interaction has product.
Yes, even this blog post. Products include things you can hold in your hand, services that take work away from you and put it on someone else, or information.
Every product has a cost. Those costs include time, money, energy, thoughts, and emotions. If you’ve made it this far, thank you. You could have spend that time doing something else.
In 1991, the Library of Congress conducted a survey on reading habits and respondents chose the Bible as the book that made the most difference in their lives.
The second most influential book? Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
Several studies have looked at what makes people interact with posts, videos, stories, and content in general. Here are the 5 emotions that spark the most interaction and sharing
“Hold the line.”
“Be consistent.”
“Don’t change your mind.”
Because apparently changing your opinion on political and business issues means you don’t have a backbone. You flip-flop. You say whatever you have to in order to get ahead.
Do we really believe that stubborn, hard-headedness is the ideal?
Look, it’s social media, so you’re well within your right to connect with or sever connections with whomever you’d like. I just hope that when you demand that people who think differently than you be more open-minded, and then say things like the title of this post, you see the irony.
Erik Soderborg 