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“Many set themselves the aim of rescuing the indifferent and the lazy—and end up lost themselves. The flame within them gets dim with the passage of time. So, if you have the fire, run, since you never know when it may be doused, leaving you stranded in darkness.—John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent”
The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. – Proverbs 26:11
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work,” – Thomas Edison
There’s a serious evil lurking in our corporates. It’s in our faces all the time. It flaunts itself in front of everyone. It keeps us looking into its eyes, distracting us from the real story going on around us. The slide deck is not your friend. How did it become so pervasive? No longer simply … Read moreSlide away from me
If you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a brilliant team, they will either fix it or throw it away and come up with something better. Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True … Read moreQuote of the day
Change is a strange thing. We want it, but when we realise what’s required we often rally against it. Take the example of buying your own house. You’ve been renting for years and you know it’s high time to get your own place. The process takes a long time but when all the paperwork and … Read moreYes I want to change! No, I don’t want to change that!
The western culture is very goal-driven. We create goals for everything. We want to lose weight for summer, so we get a personal trainer and for the next 3 months drag ourselves out of bed to the gym. We get a stringent eating plan developed by a leading dietician and restrict calories. All the pain … Read moreThe goal is the workout
Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say “We have done this ourselves.” Lao-Tsu, founder of Daoism
We’re all biased. It’s the way evolution has shaped us, and it really isn’t (always) such a bad thing. These cognitive biases developed for good reasons, namely helping us to survive and thrive as a species. But the issue is that these biases are more suitable for the African savannah than for the urban jungle. These … Read moreYou’re in your blind spot