I am not average. Any part of me that is average is a fluke. Sheer chance. A statistical anomaly.
Some times a theme pops out during my reading and listening routine. I can’t get this one line out of my head, as heard on the Tim Ferris Show.
… extremes inform the mean, but not vice versa.
Dan Formosa, PhD
In February this year I decided to commit to one blog post a week. I have thought about blogging on and off for over ten years. I had a couple of false starts. I mostly quit out of embarrassment. Not that I ever actually was. I had to post something first for that to happen. But out of fear of embarrassment.
You make many tiny decisions every day, on every project.
If you are not making them, you are facilitating the process.
Some you care about. Some you don’t. (AIWATT)
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you will probably end up somewhere else.”Laurence J. Peter
Last night, two storms swept over Brisbane in the late afternoon and early evening. Neither of the storms went directly over our house. We caught the fringes of the first storm, but nothing of the second storm. The first went to the west of us, and the second to the east.
Why was I paying so much attention to this detail? Continue reading “Why doesn’t it rain on me?”
This is a look back at the non-fiction books I have read this year. It has been interesting spotting a few themes, and quotes, in multiple books. Continue reading “My 2016 in Books”
Back again, after a short break.
A throwaway line in The Ezra Klein Show between Ezra and Malcolm Gladwell led to the break. They were discussing the need to allow time for reflection. To process and digest what you are learning and taking in. Malcolm Gladwell does this while out running. Continue reading “Handpicked: Gender Barriers and Pay Gap, Thinking Hats, and Communist Index Funds”
Plenty to share this week. I got through more podcasts and articles this week than I have in a while. Good ones too.
Enjoy.
A few themes emerged this week.
The first stemming from the end of The Obstacle is the Way, see below, where Tim Ferriss interviews Ryan Holiday about the book. That lead me to Ryan’s site, to his newsletter, and to the articles you see here. Continue reading “Handpicked: Speed Reading is not the goal, Inception levels, and Rule for Conflict”
Intentional networks have shared purpose. They use network principles to design how they make decisions and coordinate projects. And they show up in the world in different ways than traditional, top-down authority structures
Continue reading “Handpicked: Interns Get Fired and A Fungus Network”
It has been a while since my last handpicked post as life got really busy for week or two.
Here is a collection of articles, podcasts, and even videos I have consumed over the last two weeks.
“You could be the best observer in the world but if you can’t communicate what it is that you see, it doesn’t do you any good.”
Heath 