Conflicting values
If you keep butting up against the same problem with a colleague – a problem you think you’ve fixed, but that comes up repeatedly in… Read More »Conflicting values
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Invisible compromises
Why are our compromises so often invisible to others? We take a deep breath, struggle to assume the best, let go of a few things… Read More »Invisible compromises
Toolkit (v0.1)
My last post got me thinking again about the toolkit for making change and building a good future. What follows started out as the tail… Read More »Toolkit (v0.1)
Struggle
Honest love is born from the struggle / it’s lived in the valley as much as the hill Mark Stone I saw a young man… Read More »Struggle
Good starts
We think we see good starts all the time, but most of the time we see wrong. Most of the time what looks like a… Read More »Good starts
Move it on
We eat elephants of different shapes and sizes. But most of the time, doing most of the things that matter, we’re eating elephants: learning a… Read More »Move it on
Just in time (2): “I’ll just…”
There’s another kind of just in time. This is the kind when you lie to yourself: “I’ll just squeeze this extra thing in, and I’ll… Read More »Just in time (2): “I’ll just…”
Just in time (1)
There’s a good sort of just in time. We plan something, know what needs to happen and how, know what we need to do it… Read More »Just in time (1)
Byproduct
Tobi Lütke (@tobi) is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shopify. In 2004, Tobi began building software to launch an online snowboard store called Snowdevil. It… Read More »Byproduct
Passionate about their beliefs
This familiar phrase gave me pause when I heard it on the radio recently, used in praise of a cast member who passed away. It… Read More »Passionate about their beliefs