I know a few things, but I still got a lot to learn.

Inspiration for, and reflections on, a life well led.

If only they knew what was to come…

Worry is like a rocking horse. It’ll keep you entertained, but you’ll fucking get nowhere.

The great works of Victorian England were erected by engineers who could not be sure of the properties of the materials they were using. In particular, whether by incompetence or malfeasance, the iron of the period was often not up to snuff. As a consequence, engineers erred on the side of caution, overbuilding to incorporate redundancy into their... See more

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“You’re probably wondering what we’re trying to do. It’s hard to say. We hope that we have something here... We’ve been working quite hard at it. We hope you can dig it.

To describe it any further would be difficult without sounding like bullshit.”

- Rolling Stone, Vol. 1, No. 1

To return to the gym analogy: a good fitness trainer will help you to safely exercise and grow your muscles. And you will be uncomfortable. But you will be safe.

The job of a leader is not to protect their team from discomfort. It’s to protect them from harm—and to help motivate them to push through the discomfort and harness it for growth.

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Forbes • How Psychological Safety Actually Works