Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen - Recommended Book
...Downstream actions react to problems once they’ve occurred. Upstream efforts aim to prevent those problems from happening...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
...Quite simply, each new innovation or idea opens up the possibility of additional innovations and ideas. At any time, there are limits to what is possible, yet those limits are constantly expanding...
The order of operations
...Like so many things, the order is not optional...
Coffee lovers, rejoice! Drinking more coffee associated with decreased heart failure risk
...An analysis of three large, well-known heart disease studies found drinking one or more cups of caffeinated coffee was associated with decreased heart failure risk. Drinking decaffeinated coffee did not have the same benefit and may be associated with an increased risk for heart failure...
The Five Temptations of a CEO - Recommended Book
...putting self first, wanting to be liked rather than to lead, making decisions reluctantly, elevating harmony above productive argument, and not trusting subordinates...
Where Are You Still Using Single-Ply?
...There are also times for asking, “If I spend this dollar, where is the highest-leverage place to spend it?” instead of, simply, “How can I avoid spending this dollar?”...
Ratatouille
...For a little spice, you can add either dried or fresh chiles...
Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Second Order Thinking
...Unless we know why someone made a decision, we can’t safely change it or conclude that they were wrong...
Lean In - Recommended Book
...Taking initiative pays off. It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do...
I’m just doing my job
...What if you replaced “doing” with “improving” or “reinventing” or “transforming”?...
Finite and Infinite Games: Two Ways to Play the Game of Life
...If you play life as a finite game, you train for the rules. If life is instead an infinite game, you focus on being educated to adapt to unknowns...
The Perils of Over-optimization: Three Perfection Traps Killing Your Productivity
...Rather than setting your sights on achieving the unattainable 100%, concentrate on hitting 70%+ consistently...
The Hot Hand by Ben Cohen - Recommended Book
...Play defense. Remember the long game. Control what you can control. Prepare for the worst and hope for anything remotely better. Always stick to principles over patterns...
How to Write Usefully
...Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didn't already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible...
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
...This is your mainstay recipe for perfect roasted Brussels sprouts [Ed. Note: add balsamic vinegar for an additional taste]...
To Achieve Your Goals, Lump and Slice
...Splitting up goals into smaller pieces allows more of our temporal selves to pitch in, but it also makes each contribution seem less essential and easier to skip. The problem is one of optimal granularity—ideally, each contribution would be crucial yet manageable. In short, to get the lumps we want, we must do some artful slicing...
The Elements of Style - Recommended Book
...Ending with a digression, or with an unimportant detail, is particularly to be avoided...
Two things can be true at once
...Put your oxygen mask on first...While seemingly selfish, Schuster writes, “we do not do well when we are not taking care of ourselves.”...
How to stop saying yes when you want to say no
...When deciding whether to do something, if you feel anything less than “Wow! That would be amazing! Absolutely! Hell yeah!” — then say “no.”...
Your big idea
...it’s definitely worth pursuing, consistently and persistently for years and years...
