Value-Simplicity
An essential feature of every bottle is the neck. No neck, no bottle.
Bottlenecks
A thick desire is one that changes you in the process of pursuing it.
2026.01.01
Psalm 8, Ecclesiastes 3, Hebrews 2: Not Mastery, Reception
Your heavens.
The work of your fingers.
The moon and the stars, you set in place.
Not spreadsheets.
Not resolutions.
But sky.
Vastness.
Silence that dwarfs ambition.
What is mankind that you remember them?
Human beings that you visit them?
Small. Mortal. ʾEnōš.
And yet — crowned.
Entrusted
... See more“Reflection requires stillness.
One cost of rushing from thing to thing is that you lose the space to think. Hard work matters, but nonstop motion often hides a quiet truth: you could have used your time better.
If you never pause, you confuse activity with effectiveness. Make time to think. Walk outside. Sit quietly. Create space. Then move again,... See more
One cost of rushing from thing to thing is that you lose the space to think. Hard work matters, but nonstop motion often hides a quiet truth: you could have used your time better.
If you never pause, you confuse activity with effectiveness. Make time to think. Walk outside. Sit quietly. Create space. Then move again,... See more
3-2-1: On finding your desired lifestyle, a simple rule for life, and working with what you have
"My favorite type of mental toughness is not forcing one path, but being open to many paths: Whatever comes my way, I can handle it. Whatever resources I have, I can make it work. Whatever the day brings, I can thrive."
3-2-1: Being great today, what to do when things don't go well, and favorite type of mental toughness
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.