Mikey Hayes
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Mikey Hayes
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Make it a Policy
Often, we prefer to avoid making mistakes and create algorithms (of sorts) composed of unique sets of values, resources, and trusted relationships to ease the decision making process.
While a multifaceted strategic assessment seems arduous, it can offer substantial benefits. The most noteworthy advantage of creating a helpful
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Open Notes [No. 11] - June 06, 2025
Allocating Capacity
Regardless of how we feel, capacity is not something to be solved or optimized, it’s a resource to be measured and allocated.
What's more, unless we have a lot of fidelity to significantly change our lives, our capacity will likely stay the same. Therefore, our ability to increase our sum is more or less a moot point.
Growing our
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Open Notes [No. 08] - May 15, 2025
Taming The Beast
While artists have many directives, a core component of our calling is found in taming the beast of our creative inclinations. On the surface, taming the beast may sound restrictive (or just weird) but in reality, it's nothing more (or less) than focusing our creative efforts, which eventually becomes the mechanism by which we learn
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Open Notes [No. 13] - June 12, 2025

Middle Ground Compendium [No. 180] “Hourglass + Star”
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