Reading Time: < 1 min I often struggle with a bit of imposter syndrome (“a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud“), as do many people. It can feel like a bad thing, but I find that it has quite a bit of […]
Draw out multiple identities
Reading Time: < 1 min One of my favorite new words in the past few years is “sonder” — that moment when you realize that everyone around you has an internal life as rich and as conflicted as yours. With that always on my mind, I tend to notice more areas where it might apply. One of those was in […]
What is the opposite of friction?
Reading Time: < 1 min One of the things that have made the Savannah Bananas baseball team so popular (as shared in the book “Banana Ball“) was very simple — remove as much friction as possible from baseball. From the book: “Here’s what I don’t understand about many businesses. Why do they continually do the things that their customers hate? […]
The majority of Google searches don’t lead to websites
Reading Time: 2 min It’s a trend that has been growing for years, but the number of “zero-click” searches on Google continues to grow (where a zero-click search is one where the user doesn’t ever click through to a website). In a recent post on the SparkToro blog, Rand Fishkin points out that in 2024 only 360 of every […]
Time traveling through your notes
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve only been taking solid daily notes for about four years now; that may sound like a lot, but compared to many folks it’s not much at all. One of those that has been doing this far longer than I have is Ryan Holiday, some of whose books you’ve likely read. He recently shared how […]
You control the pen
Reading Time: < 1 min I recently read the excellent book “Banana Ball“, the story of the Savannah Bananas baseball team. I was well-aware of the team, but have yet to attend a game and the book was fantastic. One part of the book talked about the Negro baseball league and how it was always underappreciated. It’s been more appreciated […]
The Sunday Summary: Great listeners, simple communication, and sifting through the chaff and grain
Reading Time: < 1 min In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, June 24: Niagara Launcher for AndroidI’m trying a new “launcher” for my phone and I really like it so far. Tue, June 25: Who is the best listener […]
Central points versus name-calling
Reading Time: 2 min In Adam Grant’s book “Think Again” he references Paul Graham’s “hierarchy of disagreement”, saying: “In the hierarchy of disagreement created by computer scientist Paul Graham, the highest form of argument is refuting the central point, and the lowest is name-calling.” This hierarchy wasn’t one that I was familiar with, so I took some to understand […]
What is the desired outcome?
Reading Time: < 1 min I’ve shared a few times on here how good decisions can have bad outcomes, and vice-versa, but that only really counts if you know what your desired outcome is. In that post above, the desired outcome was clear — the Seahawks wanted to score a touchdown. At other times, though, the outcome can be a […]
Sifting through the chaff and grain
Reading Time: < 1 min There are certain people in your life that are indispensable. They can be indispensable in various ways, but I loved this description from Dinah Maria Craik (from her book “A Life for a Life“, as shared in Kevin Paul Scott’s “Inspired Every Day“). Dinah said: “Oh the comfort of feeling safe with a person, having […]