SF Bay Area Native
https://thekcpgroup.com/insights/the-attention-span-awkward-conversations
“The most valuable habit I’ve acquired is using pain to trigger quality reflections.” -Ray Dalio
Return to insights The Attention Span. "Awkward Conversations." August 6, 2021 Is there a $100 billion dollar bill lying on the ground that nobody wants to pick up? Also this week, we revisit Dan Wang at Gavekal’s views on China and Technology. We identified Dan’s deep, diligent, and differentia...
https://om.co/2015/04/27/brunello-cucinelli-2
Pride and honor for everyone
Dubbed the “king of cashmere” by The New Yorker, Brunello Cucinelli is the founder of the eponymously named fashion house that is well-known for making luxury cashmere sweaters (and more than $450 …
When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
–Lao Tzu
5 Ways to Cultivate Your Personal Power by https://link.medium.com/SaRjDJKtLmb
(At Any Age)
“Everybody’s busy. Everybody does the actions. But were they the right actions? Were those actions productive? Did you take a step forward? These are questions most people never take the time to think about." --The Slight Edge Book Review by https://link.medium.com/m7RVfZK7Jmb
The above FightingMediocrity video introduced me to “The Slight Edge.”
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-four-desires-driving-all-human-behavior-bertrand-russell-s-magnificent-nobel-prize-acceptance
Human desires: acquisitiveness, rivalry, vanity, and love of power + escape from boredom
Bertrand Russell’s magnificent Nobel prize acceptance speech.
https://story.californiasunday.com/raising-a-teenage-daughter/
Parenting
*With Comments and Corrections by Hannah W Duane (her teenage daughter)
Remember
The non-linear approach to meaning is about becoming a certain kind of person, the person who will, when given a chance, act effectively to realize their values in this world, even if those values are not articulable except as a felt sense of meaning. It requires us to become developed along multiple axes of development: capable of risking it all in a dangerous, uncertain, and beautiful world full of hazard and opportunity.
https://philosophyinhell.substack.com/p/instead-of-your-lifes-purpose
A meditation on meaning.
What is RootCause Medicine? - Part II
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/manager-work-life-changes/620096/
Hopefully we can move beyond management as a means of control, and toward a culture that appreciates a manager who fosters and grows the greatness in others.
The pandemic has exposed a fundamental weakness in the system.
If you want to bring up a person’s weaknesses, highlight their strengths first. Even better than that is not bringing up their weaknesses at all, but highlighting how they could be even stronger and do it in a way that leads them to realize that the weakness you want to address is holding them back.
https://edlatimore.com/hagakure-quotes/
The Hagakure: The Book of The Samurai was written in the 1700s by Yamamoto Tsunetomo as a guide for samurai. These are the 10 best quotes and ideas from it.
The Lowercarbon Capital founder talks investing in climate-focused startups, politics and his thoughts on the current Bitcoin and NFT crazes.
https://www.oliverburkeman.com/so/c5NVPzItv?languageTag=en&cid=6544cc30-71ac-42ba-a117-d15731a1c91a #/main
Non-provisional
In one of his talks or interviews – I've never been able to trace where I first heard it – the author and podcaster Sam Harris recalls being in the middle of a long session of moaning to a friend, about all the crap he was dealing with at the time, when she interrupted him. "Hold on," she said (...
I remember taking my daughter to the playground once when she was about two. She was playing on the monkey bars ... A particularly provocative little monster…
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/fake-famous-and-the-tedium-of-influencer-culture
Watch out
The HBO documentary follows three nobodies who are trying to become social-media famous—a pursuit that involves buying followers, unboxing products, and staging photo shoots in a plastic kiddie pool.
https://hbr.org/2017/02/how-to-establish-a-meeting-free-day-each-week
Try it
First, make the commitment.
https://eb5e7032-65a8-496d-bc9e-ea731e32e6fe.usrfiles.com/ugd/eb5e70_56bb0b4713994c19a413183fe1a24a03.pdf
Something for you (not spam)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228797158_How_complex_systems_fail
Fail
PDF | 1) Complex systems are intrinsically hazardous systems. All of the interesting systems (e.g. transportation, healthcare, power generation) are... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/05/being-a-go-getter-is-no-fun/393863/
Balance
New research suggests that reliable employees are assigned more work—but they don't always like it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/realestate/luxury-high-rise-432-park.html
Super tall stories
432 Park, one of the wealthiest addresses in the world, faces some significant design problems, and other luxury high-rises may share its fate.
Landscape
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/where-programming-ops-ai-and-the-cloud-are-headed-in-2021/
Following O'Reilly online learning trends to see what's coming next.
G2G
http://www.maxmednik.com/blog/book-report-good-to-great
I recently enjoyed reading Good to Great by Jim Collins . It was as close to a scientific analysis as possible of stock returns of companies versus their mediocre peers and what common threads...
Kanter's Law
https://hbr.org/2009/08/change-is-hardest-in-the-middl
It’s no surprise that moods are sagging in mid-2009. The capital markets are stalling, the banks are barely lending, the federal government stimulus is not stimulating enough, and job losses are mounting. Incumbent politicians promise that things are getting better, but not in your city, where the...
Lead
https://engageforsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Book-Review.pdf
Burrito man
http://brokeassstuart.com/2021/01/13/el-farolito-owner-salvador-don-chava-lopez-has-died/
Bay Area burrito enthusiasts and late-night drunken hooligans are eating our grief with today’s news in SFGate that ‘Don Chava’ Salvador Lopez, the owner of the El Farolito taqueria chain has passed away. Lopez emigrated from Mexico in 1975 and eventually opened
Powerful
https://fs.blog/2016/04/munger-operating-system/
OS
Charlie Munger offers a very wise operating system for leading a good life in his 2007 USC Law School Commencement Address.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/11/the-oracle-of-britney-spears
Control
In 2008, Britney Spears’s dad took legal control over her life. Now the pop star is trying to wrest it back—and the movement wants to help.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7hFeMWC6Y5eaSixbD/100-tips-for-a-better-life
Advisory notice
(Cross-posted from my blog) The other day I made an advice thread based on Jacobian’s from last year! If you know a source for one of these, shout and I’ll edit it in. Possessions 1. If you want to find out about people’s opinions on a product, google reddit. You’ll get real people...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/technology/china-jack-ma-alibaba.html
Antcoin
The Alibaba chief paid for pushing back against Beijing. But the shift in attitude also speaks to a growing wealth gap and diminished opportunities for the young.
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/2020-year-in-review/a-tale-of-2020-in-20-mckinsey-charts
2020
See the story of this unique year through McKinsey’s 20 best charts and data visualizations of 2020, from the early days of lockdowns and a tumultuous summer to a hopeful year end.
https://outsideinlens.blogspot.com/2009/12/story-of-3-envelopes.html
Prepare...
Outside In Content - Industry and Market Bytes, Curated Content for Insights and Takeaways, Topical Collaterals Share, Management Counsel, Intelligence Repository
Time well spent
https://waitwho.is/
A growing directory of influencers with all of their content in a single place. WaitWho.is indexes the content of the leading startup minds and aggregates all of their podcasts, essays, texts, and videos in a single place.
Forever curious
https://davenemetz.com/fresh-eyes/
Acknowledging that the success paradox exists is the first step. The next and most important step is developing strategies to overcome it.
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/subway-tile-design-in-epidemics
Design saves lives
Ever wonder how subway tile got so popular?
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