Why I Read Every Day
Reading is one of my “life basics” patterns that if I stop, I spiral downward. But I’m not completely certain why. I’ve never asked myself!
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“What’s the hard part?”
Seth Godin recently pumped this up as a valuable question in some contexts. I’m here to tell you that it is. I’ve used that question
Noticing is painful
Self-awareness hurts. It’s easier to numb and keep doing tomorrow the same things you were doing today. I am learning that spending weeks intentionally “noticing”
Should I use a cover letter?
“It depends!” I’ve interviewed solely off of amazing cover lettersSometimes skipped themBeen hired on themProbably had them ignored I think in resume/hiring/interviewing world the quest
Smartphones
Sometimes you use the smartphone. And sometimes the smartphone… well, the smartphone eats you. Rewind life 20 years. Now imagine someone told you that in
Reality distortion fields
For those of us who do more project-level work, each project is its own reality distortion field. Behaviors in one get you success and failure
Addiction as escapes vs. faulty attachments.
As Escape: My situation isn’t authentic, safe, or good enough connection for me. I must go somewhere else to pass time. Examples: Disassociation and compliance
Why to give your team clear budgets
Taking responsibility for something is less like tipping over the first of many dominoes and more like poker: constantly pricing and re-pricing risk. If you
Holding the bag
“Lead, follow, or get out of the way” is the catchphrase for the main character in Idiocracy, who goes from “getting out of the way”
Musicianship
There are two kinds of music: Music played for the benefit of the player. “I made this. It’s amazing.” Music played for the benefit of
