Will Bench
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Will Bench
Looking closely is valuable at every scale. From looking closely at a sentence, a photograph, a building, a government. It scales and it cascades — one cognizant detail begets another and then another. Suddenly you’ve traveled very far from that first little: Huh.
I’d say that that huh is the foundational block of curiosity. To get good at the huh i... See more
I’d say that that huh is the foundational block of curiosity. To get good at the huh i... See more
Craig Mod • Looking Closely Is Everything
“There is a big difference between being interested in something and being committed to something.
Committed people do what interested people won’t.”
Committed people do what interested people won’t.”
Attention Required! | Cloudflare
I remember a McKinsey women’s event where fifteen or twenty young consultants from the San Francisco office sat around a glossy oval table listening to a junior partner speak about her successful ascent. The topic turned to work-life balance, as it always did at such events, and she advised us as follows: If there is a household task where it matte... See more
Denial is so much easier than looking inward, or backward, or forward; so much easier than change. But denial needs narratives, cover stories, and that is what conspiracy culture is providing.
