I know few man who can move themselves. Who can will their reality, will their action, will their mind — INDEPENDENTLY of the outside world. Most man are the product of outside forces acting upon them Most man are the product of outside forces acting upon them Therefore most man only get better if …
Tag: Work
REAL TIREDNESS vs RESISTANCE
There’s energy and there’s resistance. There’s your physical energy. You can have more of it or less of it. We can argue all day about you being able to access more energy and do more, But there’s no denying the existence of physical energy One day you’ll have less of it, and eventually you’ll …
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 …
Live Two or Three Lives
You live one life and then you die. That’s what makes it so valuable. You go on vacations for a week and then you return to your old boring reality. Monday you are on vacations and next Monday you are back at work. Your vacations are even more boring than your work. But it’s …
Is World Competition or Cooperation?
You can compete or you can cooperate. You can look at the world and see competition — or you can look at the world and see cooperation. To see the world as competition is called “competitive frame”. To see the world as cooperation is called “collaborative frame”. The world can be competitive or the …
Competition Is A Lie
Competition is a lie. Saying “I had competition” is identical to saying “it’s not my fault”. Which is identical to not taking responsibility. “Zero-sum-games” are a lie too. Games in which you gain at the expense of others are no games worth playing. Might as well not exist. Games in which there’s a hierarchy, …
Mediocrity and Competence
Your boss is a mediocrity that is hopefully at least competent. Your employee is a mediocrity that will hopefully do what he’s told, and do it at an acceptable level. And whoever you wouldn’t employee is a mediocrity that is also useless, or even destructive. There are great man out there of course, but …
Assess Quality Via Negativa
What someone can’t do reveals more about their ability than what they can do Anyone can do a whole lot of things Anyone can think they know a whole lot of things and think they can do a whole lot of things Anyone can talk big Anything looks easy until you’ve tried and failed …
Function and Dysfunction
There’s function and dysfunction (let’s define “function” as the opposite of dysfunction) -to function is to function well -to dysfunction is to function unwell -to function unwell is to eventually NOT function, to eventually fail -to function well is to survive and thrive, and continue functioning, and functioning well Usually dysfunction is quickly revealed. …
The Level of Detail
At any given subject you have a certain understanding This understanding could be shallow and general, or it could be deep and detailed There are two reasons why you don’t necessarily always want a high level of detail: -observing, understanding details, then creating a detailed model — are resources-consuming. You may want to devote …