Open Notes

In Constant Motion

We inhabit a universe that is in constant motion, which means our surroundings are constantly changing. Every second of every day is different from the one that came before and the one that will follow. Change is inevitable, even if our senses can’t detect what’s different.

While we may act as if constant change only applies to “th

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When “That” is Better Than “How”

Often when our goal is objective, a good way to achieve it is to think in terms of “how.” How we’ll get the funds to finance our business, how we’ll convince our friends to take a group vacation, how we’ll shape our piece of walnut into a hand carved spoon.

Fortunately, not every problem is best solved with a “how” ap

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The Lifestyle Barrier

The Lifestyle Barrier represents the contextualized work it will take any person pursuing any activity to build and develop skill. In essence, the Life Style Barrier is the culmination of the effort, time, and capacity it will take to continue growing. For most, approaching the Life Style Barrier (LB) represents the end of the

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Allocating Capacity

Regardless of how we feel, capacity is not something to be solved or optimized, it’s a resource to be measured and allocated.

What's more, unless we have a lot of fidelity to significantly change our lives, our capacity will likely stay the same. Therefore, our ability to increase our sum is more or less a moot point.

Growing our c

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Measure What Matters

A potentially helpful strategy for learning to take note of our progress could be to find a better scale. Fortunately, better as it pertains to a scale used to measure our growth isn’t really about being able to detect smaller changes or collect more data. Better, when it comes to noticing how far we’ve come is about being sensi

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