ASotREG
A collection of ideas for future blog posts
ASotREG
Novelist Anne Lamott on the power of reading:
"Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a s
... See moreIn this world we have two kinds of knowledge. One is Planck knowledge, the people who really know. They’ve paid the dues, they have the aptitude. And then we’ve got chauffeur knowledge. They’ve learned the talk. They may have a big head of hair, they may have fine temper in the voice, they’ll make a hell of an impression. But in the end, all they h... See more
Shane Parrish • Two Types of Knowledge: The Max Planck/Chauffeur Test
Writing is the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about.
The Thinker & The Doer (Time Onsite & in market)
“My observation is that the doers are the major thinkers. The people that really create the things that change this industry are both the thinker and doer in one person. And if we really go back and we examine, you know, did Leonardo have a guy off to the side that was thinking five years out
The data you see from the air may create the illusion of certainty, but it's the data you live on the ground that creates the experience.
Those two professional opportunities you're considering may seem similar on the surface—same title, same compensation, same cultural values—but the long-term fit will be defined by how those values hold up when th
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