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If you find it hard to give up on a book without a guilty conscience – a sense that you’ve wasted something, neglected a duty,… Read More »Page 37
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Building trust by showing up
If it matters to you, support it by showing up when it’s happening. Come – bringing a good version of yourself* – whether you feel… Read More »Building trust by showing up
Making it happen
There’s a fine line between (a) planning your work, pacing yourself, and sticking to your office hours and ( b) when the time comes, doing… Read More »Making it happen
Vanishing time
Have a look at your calendar for the month ahead. Observe its gentle slopes and rolling plains. Time. Space. Empty air. Enjoy the illusion: the… Read More »Vanishing time
Autocatalysing innovations
Autocatalysing innovations are innovations whose outputs lead to a virtuous cycle of further adoption and innovation. Steam engines The earliest steam engines were used to… Read More »Autocatalysing innovations
“The successes pay for the failures”
They say that publishing works on this basis, with the most successful books subsidising the disappointments. Within the limits of publishing’s Rule Number One (“Remain… Read More »“The successes pay for the failures”
Contribution
Skimming a book of biographies of mathematicians I see few originators but many contributors: “She advanced the study of…” “He made many invaluable contributions…” “He… Read More »Contribution
A non-trivial improvement
How much of an impact does a project need to have? How much change is necessary for the work to be worth it? What you… Read More »A non-trivial improvement
Our problem
They say a problem shared is a problem halved, but it gets better than that: some burdens feel much less than half as light when… Read More »Our problem
Strategy (7): interlude – strategy and scarcity
This is the seventh post in a series – start here. There will never be enough time, tools, people, or other resources to achieve everything… Read More »Strategy (7): interlude – strategy and scarcity