Taking the Bandages Off
You can take the bandages off fast or slow. Most people prefer fast. It hurts more, but it lasts much shorter. Also, nurses prefer it this way as they want to shorten the suffering. However, based on research, retrospectively people… Read More »Taking the Bandages Off
Wrong Expectations
A lot of people are unable to agree with their colleagues, provide honest feedback to their spouse or to solve even trivial issues by consensus. Why do we then expect that politics will be different? Or our managers will be… Read More »Wrong Expectations
Recommended Read: Alexei Navalny’s Prison Diaries
“In every period, the essence of politics has been that a tin-pot tsar who wants to arrogate to himself the right to personal, unaccountable power needs to intimidate the honest people who are not afraid of him.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/21/alexei-navalny-patriot-memoir
Recommended Read: Build Systems, Not Heroes
“Processes work like tests in programming. When you find a bug, it’s not enough to just fix it because the same bug could appear next week when someone else makes changes to the code. To properly fix a bug, the… Read More »Recommended Read: Build Systems, Not Heroes
Recommended Listen:
[The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast] 423. Greatness, Marriage, Parenthood, & Climbing New Mountains | Chris Bumstead #theJordanBPetersonPodcasthttps://podcastaddict.com/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/episode/171413585 via @PodcastAddict
Division of Labor and Delegation
This is the best explanation of why you need to delegate work I have read so far “Imagine Pat and Mat and Superman meeting on a deserted island. They catch fish so they don’t die from starving, while building a… Read More »Division of Labor and Delegation
Recommended Read: Warm Handoffs
“If someone asks you a question you can’t answer, take them to someone who can answer it. If you don’t know who that is, help find someone who can.” https://luckymike.dev/posts/warm-handoffs