I’m currently 40,000 feet in the air as I write this. There’s nothing quite like 6 hours on a plane with no connectivity to allow one to meditate on and process the results of a 7 day team retreat. It also leads a long task list in one’s notebook! What I found myself meditating this time around was the people. How we’re all so varied, so unique, and yet with striking similarities repeated across a group of individuals. After spending 7 full days in the same house with 22 other people, I’ve real…
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Put the important things first, processing second. Or third or fourth. Whatevs.
As the Christmas season comes to its climax, we'd do well to ask ourselves how we'd like to be treated if we were the ones on the run.
We all feel compelled to do more, but perhaps you're already doing enough. Weight the costs!
Cal Newport advocates for a text file to “to augment your limited neuronal capacity with some digital help…” Sounds familiar. Back in the day, productivity “experts” such as Patrick Rhone and myself were advocating the use of a personal log file [https://chrisbowler.com/journal/track-yourself-with-a-custom-log-file] (plain text, natch). I’m enjoying Cal’s site (hat tip to Shawn Blanc). And while I’m not interested in returning to the ways of a navel gazing, card carrying GTDer, I appreciate Ca…
How's your learning going this week? Have all the articles you've read on your phone improved your life? It's vital that we remember empty knowledge is useless, whereas wisdom leads to improved life. For us, and others. That seems to be at the heart of Ryan Holiday's point in this post. > No matter how much learning or work or thinking we do, none of it matters unless it happens against the backstop of exhortative analysis. We live in an interesting time: we can drink from the firehose all day…
If you're familiar with the writing of Ben Brooks, you may have come to expect a certain … tone from him. Ben's never been one to mince words and shares his thoughts about products and services whether they're good or bad. In this post (yes, it's audio, but I'll still call these a post), Ben shares how this voice was not his natural way of talking or treating others. Rather, it was an online persona that grew over time. But he openly shares how he wants this to change. This is…
Andrew Bosworth shares his experience that was his wake up call. After having his job changed and team feedback given to him, he reflected on his attitudes and made changes. Not only is this a great story because he had the wisdom to look within and own up to his failings. It's also encouraging to see a friend (and boss) be willing to gently admonish and promote the change. That's true friendship! I love that he includes a caveat in the last paragraph: > I’m still not as good as I’d like to b…