Dec 24, 2022 1 min read

none of it matters

I didn't know any of this. Heck, I didn't know the founder's name was Conrad, even though they literally have a hotel chain in their brand called Conrad by Hilton. They've pioneered SO much and no one knows or cares.

Did you know that the Hilton family invented the American brownie?

It was the first coast-to-coast hotel chain. First hotel to install TVs in their guest rooms. First hotel to be listed on the NYSE. First to create a reservation system for multiple locations. The piña colada was first created at a Hilton. A property of theirs in Istanbul even has its own zip code and stamp.

You get the picture.

I didn't know any of this. Heck, I didn't know the founder's name was Conrad, even though they literally have a hotel chain in their brand called Conrad by Hilton.

They've pioneered SO much and no one knows or cares.

I've been thinking about purpose a lot this month, and wondering if I want to try to build something that other people will care about and remember, or if I want to create from my heart and just say 'fuck it'- just aim to make myself happy first and foremost.

And stories like Hilton's, big, awesome innovations that in the end will be forgotten like sand in a tide... they make me wanna go down the 'fuck it' route.