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Daniel Priestley

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4387 total appearances

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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

And those fonts became a huge differentiator on the first Mac.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

And it was only because he had combined calligraphy with computers.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

He created the font.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

So maybe the future's owned by the wide, not the narrow in this regard.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

Definitely.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

Become more of a generalist.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

Become more curious.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

And go out of your comfort zones, right?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

The industrial age asked us to simply specialize and do one thing over and over.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

The grandfather of capitalism is a guy called Adam Smith, and he said ultimately efficiency is about doing one thing in the process over and over and over.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

But he said it's going to destroy the human spirit.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

He actually wrote about the fact that that destroys the human spirit, having to just twist this knob over and over.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

That creates the most value in the economy, but it's horrible for you as a human.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

And he recognised that problem from the very beginning.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

What we've been trained to do is just twist the knob, twist the knob, twist the knob, do the same thing over and over.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

What we need to relearn how to do is allow us to become more human and

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

and say, actually, I'm going to explore nature.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

I'm going to explore this weird passion that I have for, you know, particular theatre companies and how they run.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

I'm going to go and explore this thing about, like, entrepreneur accelerators.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029

You know, I'm going to combine things.