The things I learn, as I learn them
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Change, power and set-backs
When we make change, we’re pushing against the status quo. The status quo has power, inertia, tradition and status. Change terrifies the status quo. When you’re at the top, it feels like there is only one way to go. Change is the worst nightmare of those winning, what they think is a zero sum game.…
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This too shall pass
Normally this is the kind of sentiment that’s only invoked in a crisis. “It’ll all be over soon”, or “it can’t go on forever”, but what I love about this lesson is that it scales right down to the micro level. Just got all sweaty and disgusting on the tube? This too shall pass. Become…
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The value’s in the doing
I write these on the tube, while my kids are at swimming lessons or in some other time-boxed section of the day. Then I generate an image (mainly so I can play with Midjourney) and finally I post it here. Sometimes people like and comment, sometimes people don’t. Someone asked me last week if it’s…
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