SethG
Are you making that choice because your labor is cheap and convenient, or because it’s the place of maximum leverage? It’s often easier to be busy than it is to be productive.
Busy-ness and leverage
Uncomfortable ideas
The ideas aren’t uncomfortable, we are.
You don’t have to like the weather to acknowledge that it’s raining.
The ideas aren’t uncomfortable, we are.
You don’t have to like the weather to acknowledge that it’s raining.
Seth's Blog
Confusing status with skill
The tenured philosophy professor at Princeton might not even be half as effective a teacher as the adjunct at the community college.
The head of surgery might be relatively better at meetings and politics than they are at actually helping patients.
Having a lot of social media followers doesn’t mean you’re really good at... See more
The tenured philosophy professor at Princeton might not even be half as effective a teacher as the adjunct at the community college.
The head of surgery might be relatively better at meetings and politics than they are at actually helping patients.
Having a lot of social media followers doesn’t mean you’re really good at... See more
Status or Skill?
A question from The Strategy Deck by Seth Godin:
“Better waves make better surfers. Are you on the right beach?”
“Better waves make better surfers. Are you on the right beach?”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On waiting to judge, the value of teaching, and learning how to lose
Your job might not be to do your job. Your job might be to make the decisions and commitments needed to lead other people who do your (former) job.
Seth Godin • Busy-ness and leverage
Good decisions are calculations based on what you know right now. If the world turns out differently than the data you had indicated, that’s not a bad decision.
A bad decision is one that isn’t based on available facts. It falls into traps like sunk costs or peer pressure. A bad decision is an error in judgment or skill. Good decision makers, when... See more
A bad decision is one that isn’t based on available facts. It falls into traps like sunk costs or peer pressure. A bad decision is an error in judgment or skill. Good decision makers, when... See more
Making a point doesn’t take very long and it can be gratifying in the moment. Making an impact happens over time, and rarely brings the same sort of short-term glee.
Making a point
[Cults are cults because they demand a shared story that doesn’t align with a useful, generative, positive version of reality, and so they harm the members and eventually hit the wall.]