Writing ideas
My theory why quality is so rare is that it is rare to have people care for their work or allowed to care for their work.
The culture shifted from people doing their craft to fastest way to check the checkbox
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To build quality takes care
1. The aim of my writing is never to make money. If there are opportunities, I will pay attention, but it is never the direct aim. I obsessively focus on other funding mechanisms such that I don't have to worry much about how to monetize writing.
2. I write for readers like me. I dislike a lot of the current trends in books. I think they dumb down... See more
2. I write for readers like me. I dislike a lot of the current trends in books. I think they dumb down... See more
Paul Millerd • Tweet
Said differently, we try to measure what we value.
But we inevitably end up valuing what we measure.
But we inevitably end up valuing what we measure.
When parents pay attention to the wrong thing.
a philosophy for organizing knowledge work efforts in a sustainable and meaningful manner, based on the following three principles:
1. Do few things.
2. Work at a natural pace.
3. Obsess over quality.
Slow Productivity - Michael Karnjanaprakorn
At the heart of agency lies a willingness to question defaults. To be agentic, you have to treat “how things are supposed to be done” as just one option among many.
Question the defaults
High Agency marriage
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