be the verb

2018-01-02

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~15 min read

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2915 words

Be the Verb “If you want to be the noun, you have to do the verb” - Austin Kleon When I came across this Austin Kleon quote recently, it hit…

measurement overload

2017-06-14

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~3 min read

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510 words

Measurements are getting cheaper, but the amount getting done is not keeping pace. Why is that? Nearly 150 years ago, William Thomson, the…

a healthy skepticism

2017-06-13

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~5 min read

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808 words

“For best results, mattresses should be replaced every 8 years” — I recently saw an ad with this copy in a window of a mattress store near…

a small tweak but a big difference

2017-06-10

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~2 min read

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387 words

Last night, I made a small change that made a big difference. It didn’t feel significant when I made it. It felt like a thing you do when…

meetings with yourself

2017-06-09

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~5 min read

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944 words

I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o clock sharp. - W. Somerset Maugham It’s not…

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