Paul Sturrock

There are many ways to prioritize our time and focus, but the easiest and most vivid way is to do the urgent things first.

If we wait until a house plant is sick before we take care of it, though, it’s too late.

Deadlines, loud requests and last-minute interventions are crude forcing functions. They’re inefficient and common.

It’s far more effective t... See more

Though the arc is new, the secular trends look like they’re pointed in the same direction — towards continued devolution and decentralization of power. Despite apparent (and mostly unsupported by empirical data) swings back towards hierarchy and centralization, we can expect that in the longer term, the secular trends will reassert themselves, lead... See more

People tend to overcomplicate AI, which feels right. The tech behind AI is new and complex—shouldn’t it be hard to use? Even the common term for working with AI, prompt engineering, gives the impression of hard-won technical expertise.

Here's the truth: expert AI users don't have a mysterious technical skillset you're missing. They've just developed... See more

High agency can be a confusing idea to understand because it’s not just one idea. It’s a combination of three distinct skills rarely found together:

1. Clear thinking


2. Bias to action


3. Disagreeability

High agency is like a tricycle. If you remove one of the wheels, it stops working

Having the vision and motivation to go for a 1-of-1 purpose are the most important elements. But what if we want to thrive in the pursuit of our goal? What does that look like?

First, and one of the hardest parts: you must give up your desire for approval from others . When pursuing a 1-of-1 vision, you aren’t going to be the most popular or celebra... See more

the TOWS Matrix offers four distinct strategic approaches that companies can adopt to align internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats. Here’s a breakdown of each strategy:

• * SO: How can you use your strengths to take full advantage of market opportunities?


• * ST: How can you use your strengths to deal with market threat

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What would happen if you created something noteworthy and worried about scale only after you’ve figured out how to make a difference?