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”
What do you do when you feel offended by a comment or resist a point of view?
Have you ever paid attention to that feeling and asked why?
In her interview with Tim Ferriss on his podcast, Tim asks Whitney Cummings what question she would ask of his audience.
Her first response is ‘Watch Comedy. It’s good for you.” (2:29:26)
Tim then says he will dig on that for a second. He asks what some new to comedy should pay attention to or asks themselves if they want to see another layer.
Whitney says “Look at what Offends you.” (2:30:00)
She continues “If something offends you; Watch Richard Pryor, watch Daniel Tosh, watch the most incendiary comedians, Bill Burr, maybe Louis CK …”.
“If something offends you, look inward. That’s a sign that there is something there. What offends someone says a lot about them.”
That question has stuck with me ever since.
Pay attention to that feeling of offence. That feeling is telling you something about yourself. About your own views and values.
Similarly, someone else’s offence, or resistance, tells you something about them and what they value.
Continue reading “Can You Learn from Your Own and Others Resistance?”
My son started school this year. As he turned five our weeks started to fill with sporting commitments. In particular for us hockey (the field/grass/artificial turf kind) and soccer.
Every time I watch one of his games of either hockey or soccer I am reminded of this post Business Strategy and Kindergarten Soccer by Nick Malik –
On the Inside Architecture blog for Microsoft, Nick writes the following back in July 2011:
It is interesting to watch very young kids play soccer, because the instructions are so simple: kick the ball into the goal. With instructions like that, what do you get? Bumblebees, of course.
Continue reading “What Can You Learn From Watching a Five Year Old Play Soccer?”
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