Mike "Bagel"
@bagelpuc
Small Business Counselor, Podcaster, Writer, Connector
Mike "Bagel"
liveyourvalues.co
So, is Jacobs right to say that baseball was better when we knew less about it? And here we are at the crux of the issue from another angle: how is the goodness of the game measured and accounted for? Or, more to the point, can the goodness of the game be measured? If not, then in what would the goodness of the game consist? And, an equally... See more
theconvivialsociety.substack.com • The Limits of Optimization
**how DO you…capitalize on this transition to right-size your internal ops?** Simply – reflect and record. Why This Works
While all too easy to turn on scramble mode, putting up a new job posting, and reassigning existing responsibilities, this transitory state provides an ideal opportunity to assess team priorities, output, dynamics, and
... See moreBritt Gage • Avoiding a Fear State During Startup Team Transition
The central goal of Slow Productivity is to keep an individual worker’s volume at a sustainable level.
Cal Newport • It’s Time to Embrace Slow Productivity | The New Yorker
Working with unceasing intensity is artificial and unsustainable. In the moment, it might exude a false sense of usefulness, but when continued over time, it estranges us from our fundamental nature, generates misery, and, from a strictly economic perspective, almost certainly holds us back from reaching our full capabilities. A more natural,
... See moreCal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
One year ago I launched an experiment: a long, open-ended, deep dive conversation show based on a premise: I'm enamored with people who make things and love getting to know them by way of their ideas.
More to come soon, but some reflections on Dialectic’s anniversary:
I'd long imagined doing... See more
Jackson Dahlsubstack.comSublime is the afterlife for great shower thoughts
We are told a story from a young age. We are taught to conform, to behave, to achieve, to become something. And in the end, we believe the greatest lie of all — that we are somehow not enough, that we must become rather than simply be ourselves.
But tell me — have you ever seen a green tree struggle to grow, or a beautiful flower struggle to bloom?
... See moreAn online temple for philosophers.