More than you can chew
“… only pausing to remark that many find it unnecessary to fill the mouth to its utmost capacity.” Misquotation of Pip in David Lean’s Great… Read More »More than you can chew
“… only pausing to remark that many find it unnecessary to fill the mouth to its utmost capacity.” Misquotation of Pip in David Lean’s Great… Read More »More than you can chew
If you could write a book – any kind of book – with a group of other people, who would they be? What would the… Read More »Just one chapter
Economics is a critical lens for understanding how change happens, key issues in the politics of justice and equality, and for building effective organisations. If… Read More »Resource: Introduction to Economics at Marginal Revolution University
I brought to surgery my particular persona, which is to want to have more planning and more deliberation inserted into situations where there doesn’t seem… Read More »Atul Gawande on urgency, planning and deliberation
Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as… Read More »James Clear on habits as casting votes
Sweep up. Mop the floor. Spend five minutes – five minutes! – a day putting things back in their places or working out where their… Read More »On mopping the floor
Gotong Royong [Indonesian: to carry together] Friends and champions are indespensible for your project; just as vital are co-owners – people who will actually carry… Read More »Gotong royong (on finding co-owners)
Language is created anew every generation by the minds of the children who construct it out of the data that they get from their parents… Read More »Steven Pinker on passing on language
I’ve been trying to learn to solder – on and off – for something close to 24 years. It never worked for me: the solder… Read More »Better tools
The world is your oyster To hold in he palm of your hand, to own, open, consume, enjoy… Perhaps with a pearl in there to… Read More »A tale of two oysters