Value-Simplicity
Software Engineer Billy Markus on human behavior:
“People are not rational. They are rationalizing. Once you understand this simple fact, all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.”
“People are not rational. They are rationalizing. Once you understand this simple fact, all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.”
This Framework Fixes ANY Chaotic Meeting
This Framework Fixes ANY Chaotic Meeting
4Cs: Collect, Choose, Create, Commit
1. Collect:
What challenges / topics we want to talk about in this meeting (dump of thoughts, clearing of the mind clutter)
a. Our ELT attempts to do this asynchronously via Slack in advance of the Weekly Tactical meeting
2. Choose:
What will we focus on right now?
a. We in real time in the meeting choose / prioritize what to address
b. I think we could use a parking lot more/more effectively
3. Create:
Generate interesting ideas for the priority/focus topic(s)
4. Commit:
a. We have decided to do X
b. Here’s how, and
c. Here’s who…
Most complexity is unnecessary, but we manage it instead of removing it because deletion requires courage that addition doesn’t.
Make your mood, or it makes you.
Most arguments are ego competitions disguised as truth-seeking.
Learning to say “you’re probably right” will save you a lot of time and energy.
Learning to say “you’re probably right” will save you a lot of time and energy.
Your capacity for excellence is inversely proportional to the number of your commitments.
Shane Parrish • Different Resolutions
Priest and philosopher Desiderius Erasmus reminds us of the power of concentrating on a single target:
“He who chases two hares catches neither.”
Source: Adagia
“He who chases two hares catches neither.”
Source: Adagia
James Clear • 3-2-1: On taking lots of shots, the power of concentration, and savoring the path to success
A philosophy I heard recently and have found useful:
“We look for reasons to say yes and only say no when we have to.”
“We look for reasons to say yes and only say no when we have to.”
3-2-1: On enjoying your own company, what drives change, and editing your habits
Buy time, not status.