My first collection

Roger Federer, on 11-year-old Leo …

Do you coach him?

No. If I’m needed, I’m there. I’m happy to help, with other kids too. But someone else should do the coaching. I see myself more as a general manager with Leo. I didn’t push him for a long time. But for about a year now, since I’ve noticed he wants to play more and more, I’m trying to make that

What advice do you have for parents of young athletes?

Put trust in the coaches, the way my parents did. But you still have to keep your finger on the pulse. That’s what I’ve been told with Leo too: «Even if you stay in the background, you have to know what’s going on.» That’s our job as parents: to support our children so they can learn to fly on

Yvon Chouinard on not forcing it:

“A serious surfer doesn’t plan to go surfing next Tuesday at 2 o’clock. You go surfing when there are waves and wind and the tide is right.”

A question I think about a lot:

What important truth do very few people agree with you on?

I also think a lot about the concept of a spiky point of view:

A spiky point of view is a perspective others can disagree with. It’s a belief you feel strongly about and are willing to advocate for. It’s your thesis about topics in your realm of expertise.

This theme of policing everyone’s actions to determine whether they're humiliating or not calls to mind a film that is probably now considered “cringe”, even though it was critically acclaimed at the time, and it had me bawling my eyes out. “Everything Everywhere All At Once” was all about how nothing matters. Optimistic nihilism makes the world go

Instead of avoiding metrics, organizations should use multiple balanced metrics, combine them with qualitative measures, and maintain healthy skepticism.

Effective metric use requires continuous evaluation, adaptation to changing circumstances, and fostering a culture that questions and improves metrics.

Metrics are like “powerful drugs” — dangerous

What’s one thing today that you’re doing, or that you are focused on for your life, that you believe your future self will thank you for?