Leo Guinan
@leoguinan
Leo Guinan
Constant improvement, gains of energy via better efficiency
That means there are three main components to identify when looking at a system: the people, the interaction (i.e. the sharing of information), and the shared context (i.e. what that group of people have in common).
Introduction to Abundant Systems
Abundant Systems and Engineering Generosity
Breaking down a system - look at the 3 components
One of my favorite quotes from Bobby Knight is: "The key is not the will to win...everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important" Everybody has the will to win. People don't have the will to practice.
Bill Gurley • "Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love"
will to practice > the will to win
In other words, the faster you try to change, the more likely you are to backslide. The very pursuit of rapid change dials up a wide range of counteracting forces which are fighting to pull you back into your previous lifestyle. You might be able to beat equilibrium for a little while, but pretty soon your energy fades and the backsliding begins.
James Clear • The Paradox of Behavior Change
Slow changing humans is a feature not a bug.
In a gift economy, wealth is understood as having enough to share, and the practice for dealing with abundance is to give it away. In fact, status is determined not by how much one accumulates, but by how much one gives away. The currency in a gift economy is relationship, which is expressed as gratitude, as interdependence and the ongoing cycles
... See moreRobin Wall Kimmerer • The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
As an example: my book, nothing about it sucked. There was no pain. Sometimes I would get stuck on a word or paragraph, but I would just take a break or return to it later. At no point did I ever push through a metaphorical wall or lock myself in a cabin in the woods and then self-coerce myself to finish it.
Paul Millerd • No, Everything Doesn't Have To Suck | #291
Books can be enjoyable processes
Great example of a personal site
A PM I once worked with was struggling to persuade somebody of something. I told him to ask them the question, “What data would I have to show you to get you to change your mind?” If they didn’t have a clear answer, then he would know this was an idea they held on faith, a bit like a religious belief. No amount of data can sway a person from their... See more
Deb Liu • Changing Your Mind
Faith requires less energy than change
But on Twitter, if you tweet something out and one lone person out there— it moves them, it changes them, it changes their world— that’s not going to register. What that’s going to look like is your tweet got one lonely like and you’re going to feel like a failure. And one of the interesting things about this experience is the process of... See more