Three Times a Week
If you do something for an hour or two once a week – go for a run, play a sport or an instrument, make some… Read More »Three Times a Week
training
Haruki Murakami on Writing: Talent. Focus. Endurance.
These might be the most important qualities for doing anything. Talent In every interview I’m asked what’s the most important quality a novelist has to… Read More »Haruki Murakami on Writing: Talent. Focus. Endurance.
Aeroplane; or, Business and Pleasure
I like pleasure spiked with painAnd music is my aeroplaneIt’s my aeroplaneSongbird sweet and sour JaneAnd music is my aeroplaneIt’s my aeroplane Red Hot Chili… Read More »Aeroplane; or, Business and Pleasure
Ben Horowitz on task-relevant maturity and micromanagement
Yesterday’s post lead me to this piece from Ben Horowitz about the idea of task relevant maturity, an idea he lifted from Andy Grove: Everyone… Read More »Ben Horowitz on task-relevant maturity and micromanagement
Build it up (buttercup)
Reality checks Last October I ran the Jakarta half-marathon and found it much harder than I expected. There were mitigating factors – it was hot… Read More »Build it up (buttercup)
Peter Drucker on pay and rewards for knowledge workers
Knowledge workers demand economic rewards… Their absence is a deterrent. But their presence is not enough… [Knowledge workers] need opportunity; they need achievement; they need… Read More »Peter Drucker on pay and rewards for knowledge workers
Leg ups
It’s easy to recruit people or find partners if you lower your standards, but you almost certainly shouldn’t – apart from anything else, when will… Read More »Leg ups
The hard part: other people
Your work probably has several hard parts, and one of them is almost certainly other people. If only they would… … do their jobs properly… Read More »The hard part: other people
Just in time (1)
There’s a good sort of just in time. We plan something, know what needs to happen and how, know what we need to do it… Read More »Just in time (1)