Selective serendipity: places, people, ideas
This morning I listened to Nicholas Bloom lamenting the current absence of conferences and seminars in the Covid-19 era in part because of the loss… Read More »Selective serendipity: places, people, ideas
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What are numbers?
If, like me, you’d like to understand maths a little (read: a lot) more than you do*, you’re likely to enjoy MIT professor Daniel Kleitman‘s… Read More »What are numbers?
Oxygen debt*
You set out running at a pace that’s brisk but well within your limits and find yourself struggling and out of breath. You’re in decent… Read More »Oxygen debt*
Watch the meeting
It’s easy to get totally absorbed in a meeting,* but it really helps if you can reserve a piece of your attention for watching what’s… Read More »Watch the meeting
Do what I say
With alacrity. Unless… … you’re not confident that you understand what I’m asking. … you think you understand but it still doesn’t make sense. …… Read More »Do what I say
Orders of magnitude / next size up
There are lots of things that are easy enough to do once. Doing the same thing a second time can be almost as big a… Read More »Orders of magnitude / next size up
Friendly. Supportive.
These sound too obvious to be worth spending time on. No-one sets out to be the opposite, and pretty much everyone would say they’re a… Read More »Friendly. Supportive.
Net vector
They* say that you become the average of the five people you spend the most time with. It might even be true, although I’m wary… Read More »Net vector
Example and influence
You are always both.* *No pressure – that’s just how it is.
Wind up
The wind up is the movement you make to get ready before you swing to hit a ball/nail/object/target. A good wind up puts you in… Read More »Wind up