G Lutz
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G Lutz
Our relationship with information evolves through four distinct phases, which I call The Four C’s. Each phase has its own purpose and challenges.
Consuming: This is where most of us begin. You’re reading books, scrolling social media, or watching videos—but not saving anything or applying what you learn. Eventually, you might realize that simply
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If you’re too busy to work on things you care about but have also spent hours following the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial like it was a sad sporting event where everyone loses, I have some good news. You’re not too busy. Write your book. Run your miles. Build your business.”
BUMBLING AROUND Yuri makes the coffee. I get to bumble around. My coffee, though, is like my sacred elixir in the morning. Before coffee, I meditate for 15 to 30 minutes. Sometimes Yuri and I will have our coffee together and talk about how horrible the world is. And then I’ll jump into work. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/nyregion/lena-imamura
... See moreAt your next virtual work meeting, feel free to take a sip from your water bottle. But think twice before you gobble down your lunch or show up in your pajamas. A YouGov survey of unacceptable behaviors at online work meetings found only 17% of respondents had an issue with attendees drinking a non-alcoholic beverage. But 61% said it was
... See moreSteve Jobs explains the secret to focus: "People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no
... See moreWriter C. Raymond Beran on friendship: "What is a friend? I will tell you. It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with him. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. He does not want you to be better, or worse. When you are with him, you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared
... See more“I can’t draw in front of people,” Dean added. “It’s a very solitary thing.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/arts/design/tacita-dean-drawings-twombly-menil.html
The Hidden Cost of Information Overload
We’re drowning in information but starving for wisdom.
It’s tempting to think more information will lead to better understanding, but past a certain point, more input rarely means more insight.
Constant consumption without reflection leaves us scattered, overwhelmed, and unfocused. In chasing every piece of
“It pushes against technological interfaces that are removing us further and further from what is real,” Michelle White added. “Her drawings — and the simple act of revealing that there is a human person making a mark on a surface in time — is both fundamental and profound.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/arts/design/tacita-dean-drawings-twombly
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