Brain droppings

Philosophical nuggets, personal lessons, epiphanies, brainf(arts), rants and occasional other stuff picked up on the road

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Are we the wave, or are we the ocean?

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Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments - Neil Strauss

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When in fear.... Go! - Jocko

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When in doubt...are you unclear or are you afraid? Your soul already told you, everything. Else is a negotiation with fear. - Graham Weaver

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Normalization of deviance - is a dangerous psychological and cultural phenomenon where individuals or organizations repeatedly break rules or safety protocols without immediate negative consequences, eventually accepting these substandard practices as the new, normal way of operating

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The prize doesn't go to the fastest person, it goes to the one who slows down the least. The secret is constant forward motion - Rich Rolls Coach

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In geopolitics - There are no permanent enemies, and no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

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"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounding yourself with assholes."

- William Gibson

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"REALIZED THIS WEEK THAT I JUST CANNOT DO IT ALL SO I WILL CHOOSE TO DO WHAT I CAN FABULOUSLY" -CLINTON KELLY

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Parrhesia is an ancient Greek word meaning "boldness or freedom of speech". Specifically, it translates to "fearless speech" or "speaking truth to power"

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I had something to give, my light - Dot

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Strategy is outdated the moment it is put out into the world. - Sheng Huang (Tao Te Ching #1 commentary)

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Speed is subservient to direction - be the tortoise, not the hare. - Rich Roll

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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing there is a field. I'll meet you there. - not Rumi's original, but I like it more

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A feeling isn't necessarily true just because it is intense. Ask what part of you is answering when thoughts and feelings arise

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the Zeigarnik effect postulates that people remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks

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1. Strategy and planning are not the same thing. Strategy involves making integrative choices that position you on a playing field of your choice in a way that you win.

2. A great strategy must have a coherent theory, be doable, and be translatable into actions.

3. Planning does not require coherence, but it is comfortable because it involves the resources you can control.

4. Strategy requires putting yourself out and specifying an outcome that involves customers wanting your product or service enough that they will buy enough of it to make the profitability that you'd like to make.

5. You do not control the customers, which makes strategy a trickier task.