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Scott Britton
Entrepreneur, Investor, Content Creator
Scott Britton is a Senior Technology Evangelist at Salesforce and an accomplished entrepreneur with a diverse background in technology and business development.1 Here's an overview of his career and achievements:
Professional Experience
Scott co-founded Troops, a company that aimed to revolutionize how people interact with CRM data by integrating it into messaging platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams.1 Troops was acquired by Salesforce in July 2022, leading to Scott's current role as Senior Technology Evangelist at Salesforce.13
Prior to Troops, Scott's career included:
- Business Development at SinglePlatform, which was acquired by Constant Contact for $100 million in 20121
- Founder of Life-LongLearner.com, where he built a successful online training business and became a top 40 personal development blogger1
Entrepreneurial Achievements
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for Enterprise Tech in 20171
- Grew Life-LongLearner.com into a top 40 personal development blog
- Launched a top 20 iTunes Business podcast called "The Competitive Edge"
- Built a 6-figure automated training business that trained over 50,000 people
- Released an Amazon #1 Bestseller with over 50,000 downloads in its first three days1
Education and Background
Scott graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in Politics and Economics.1 His entrepreneurial journey has been marked by overcoming self-doubt and learning to trust his intuition in decision-making.2
Current Focus
As a Senior Technology Evangelist at Salesforce, Scott is working to bring the vision of integrating CRM data into messaging platforms to Salesforce customers worldwide.1 He is also active in writing, podcasting, and building community around the topics of consciousness evolution and human potential.4
Scott's LinkedIn username is jscottbritton, where he describes himself as an "Entrepreneur, Investor, Content Creator" based in Austin, Texas.1
Highlights
If aliens have interfered with our nuclear program to prevent existential threats, wouldn’t they do the same with A.I. if we were close to that?
Happy thanksgiving everyone!
Did you know Daoism originally emanated from Naturalism?
A lot of people think that Daoism was created by these ancient sages who used mystical insight to understand things.
This is a sexy idea, but according to Andrew Nugent who spent 28 years studying with multiple masters in China - it's not really accurate.
Unlike other cultures, Ancient China didn't ascribe the phenomenon of the natural world to God(s).
Instead, they focused on acutely understanding the patterns of nature.
The continuous observation of the natural world culminated in an understanding of "the way of things" or laws of the universe.
Andrew founded the Association of Traditional Studies to bring this ancient wisdom from China to the West.
We sat down for an hour and he unpacked his journey and many common misconceptions about Daoism.
Here's 6 ideas that really stuck out to me:
- The Dao Te Ching is intended to be read over and over again as a catalyst for perspective shift.
Each time you read it, it will hit differently and help you see your existing reality in a new light.
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The essence of the Dao is about living in harmony with the universe and recognizing our insignificance. To know the Dao is to understand its laws.
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Chinese medicine evolved from treating war wounds and epidemics that were rampant, not mystical meditation.
The conditions forced people to understand things quickly out of necessity by paying attention to cause and effect.
- "The best ruler is the one whose name no one knows."
What a counterintuitive idea in our fame-obsessed culture.
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The idea of "cleaning your tuning fork" to align with the Dao resonates deeply. The path isn’t not about adding more, but removing the crud that keeps you out of harmony with the universe.
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Many ideas in Chinese medicine that seem bizarre like certain plants being more effective at different seasons are easily observable phenomenon in nature.
For example, a plant in full bloom or ready harvest at is more healing than when it is of season and not ripe.
Here's a clip of Andrew describing how aligning your life to the Dao works.
This resonates immensely with my experience.
