There are 3 levels of RELIABILITY: -perfect reliability -solid reliability -and unreliability Unreliability is near useless Solid reliability is acceptable Perfect reliability is twice as good as “acceptable”… or 10 times as good, or 100 times The only reason one would ever compromise on reliability, OBVIOUSLY, is if: -there’s some other benefit e.g. …
Tag: Organisation
Labels Contributing Nuance (And Not Destroying Nuance)
Labels can be viewed as a layers in ontology It’s a way of organising data into categories Organisation of data yields insights Insights contribute nuance — rather than take away Labels destroy nuance if you: -start with a label (rather than the data) -then pigeonhole the data into that label, that category -and you …
MISCOMMUNICATION IS CHEATING
Humans have many explicit AND IMPLICIT ways in which they communicate Likewise humans have different kinds of relationships (with closer relationships typically necessitating superior communication) The absolute fundamentals of communication are deeply wired: -you convey your feelings with your bearing -and others can feel how you feel -and human can always SENSE their place …
You’re CLUELESS About Risk Management
We all have some innate sense of risk-management. E.g. FEAR. And then we also have plenty learned methods of risk management. E.g. DIVERSIFICATION Alas we keep failing our “risk-management” in the modern world FEAR fails most of the time because most our modern “threats” are NOT mortal. Therefore you actually SHOULD take more …
Project Fundamentals and Complexity
The bigger the structure the stronger foundations are needed. Your tall and heavy building will collapse if it’s not supported with strong foundations. It’s true for ANY project. What makes a project BIG? DIFFICULTY The harder it is for you, the more you’re struggling with it — the “bigger” it is. If …
Commitment, Energy, Momentum, Resistance: how one moves
-Commitment is like a map, or like a plan, or like a guide. It’s the axis on which the momentum will be applied. -Momentum is like momentum — it’s the movement at certain velocity in certain direction — and the greater momentum the easier it is to sustain it and the harder it is to …
OVERTHINKING and OVERACTING
There’s overthinking and overacting. There’s a balance to find. The QUICKER you can test and tinker and iterate — the less you have to think. Why bother thinking — if problem naturally solves itself anyway. If the problem is NOT solving itself however — is when you obviously should stop and STRATEGISE. Repeating …
Time Mastery
Time mastery is mastering the use of time. Mastering the use of time means getting the most out of the time that you are given. Getting the most out of time you are given requires two conditions: -Understanding the VALUE of time -Ability to manage the time-resource The value of time is equal …
I Learn From Morons HOW TO LEARN
I learn from morons how morons learn And since I’m a moron — I learn how I learn Because I am a moron there’s someone so much smarter than me that he makes me look like a complete moron he connects the dots 10 times faster and he remembers every dot and he sees …
The Burden of Leadership
In any organisation, 1-man or or 1-million-men — there must be a leader, and leaders Because in any organisation, in any activity — decisions must be made — and actions must be taken Leadership is a burden Why? Because ideally — no one would have to LEAD Ideally every decision would be obvious, and …