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Last House Standing
We had a guest speaker at church on Sunday, the son-in-law of our pastors. He spoke on the subject of “Last House Standing” - based on Matthew 7:24-27, the wise and foolish builders.
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Saving lives through design
A few years ago I had to do first aid training as part of the mandatory training for the youth football team I coached. This included learning how to use a defibrillator - something you obviously hope to never have to use. I was impressed how well it explained each step of what you need to do.
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Creativity modes
I recently discovered the Huberman Lab podcast so I have been working through the back catalogue. I was listening to one on creativity and mentioned that creativity is effectively taking existing elements and rearranging them in novel ways. It highlighted that there are two parts to creativity - creating/discovery and linear/implementation.
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Tiny Projects
Like lots of people, especially developers, I have a long list of potential business/app ideas that sit around and gather dust. Some of them are just impractical, some I don’t have the skills to do but the biggest constraint is time and the battle with all the other commitments life throws at you.
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Are you considering time sensitivity?
Somethings in life are time sensitive and some are not. A business opportunity may be time sensitive in that it will only be a success when certain things are aligned or maybe new technologies are available.
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Kenneth Goanascis
Many years ago when I ran an engineering team for a consultancy we would get calls almost every day from recruitment agencies trying to pitch their services to us.
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WeWork versus IWork
A colleague just spent the day at a WeWork and commented on how badly named it was.
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Is fear of failure really the fear of judgement?
In the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho there is a quote “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” This ties in nicely with an observation from Gino Wickman in a podcast with Lewis Howes (School of Greatness) recently. He observed that in a lot of cases the fear of failure is really a fear of judgement.
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Is it time to renew your novice permit?
When I feel I am no longer learning I know it is likely time for me to either look at how my current role can change or time to look for a new role.
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How can a forcing function help me achieve things?
In the David Perell podcast with Daniel Gross they also talked about forcing functions. They started by discussing why Israel seems to be so strong in the tech industry and whether their unique circumstances may be the cause. They talked about how they approach problems as they are forced to deal with the consequences if they don’t - compared to other nations that try to solve problems as they may be impacted by them at some point in the future.
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