Part Way
It took at least 11 expeditions to climb Everest. Eleven voyages, eleven treks, eleven base camps and who knows how many reconnaissance climbs, trial runs… Read More »Part Way
April 2023
Seth Godin on the entrepreneur, the CFO and the COO, and how to let go of your organisation (2 of 2)
My experience is this: number one, a CFO is different than a COO. A CFO is not a glorified bookkeeper. A CFO is in charge… Read More »Seth Godin on the entrepreneur, the CFO and the COO, and how to let go of your organisation (2 of 2)
The opportunity cost of being tired
You’re probably familiar with the old saw about sharpening the saw. Or Frog. Or Razor. Or the importance of unstringing the bow. I’ve always understood… Read More »The opportunity cost of being tired
Lady luck…
… won’t get out of bed until you do.
Seth Godin on finding a COO and letting go of your organisation (1 of 2)
When I was building my company I believed that one-day I’d hire enough people that they could take care of themselves. Because if you hire… Read More »Seth Godin on finding a COO and letting go of your organisation (1 of 2)
Inappropriate
A list of some things that have been appropriated by some cultures from others Writing. Roman letters. Arabic numerals. The number zero. The horse (by… Read More »Inappropriate
Inside the box; or, Broccoli cubby
See also: 13-sided Einstein Hat-tip
Barbara Gail Montero on flow and sprezzatura
Hat-tip: The Whippet #168 These excerpts are from Montero’s article Against Flow, in Aeon magazine. Recommended. Against the flow; or, Improving Everything When I was… Read More »Barbara Gail Montero on flow and sprezzatura
Different leagues
Different Choose well. See also: Champion, or Ways to Win (1)Champion (2)World without ends (on infinite games)Samo Burja: Live and Dead PlayersC. Thi Nguyen: Games,… Read More »Different leagues
Cross purposes
Friar Francis: … to strange sores strangely they strain the cure. Come, lady, die to live: this wedding-day Perhaps is but prolong’d: have patience and… Read More »Cross purposes