There are three things to consider when making life-size decisions:
– what makes you happy
– what’s smart (long-term good for you)
– what’s useful to others
We have a tendency to forget one of these.
https://sivers.org/hsu
Tag: Systems
“The real lesson is that you need to be aware of the mental barriers that keep you from doing what you know will improve your life so that you can actively find solutions.”
https://medium.com/swlh/the-i-don-t-feel-like-it-fallacy-75cc47dfd3#.9eavwz4hu
https://www.leadboxer.com/blog/how-did-slack-grow-so-fast/
How To Make A Successful Start-up: Do I Really Need An Office?
http://minutehack.com/opinions/how-to-make-a-successful-start-up-do-i-really-need-an-office
Don’t create a sense of urgency, foster a sense of purpose.
Trying to create a sense of urgency almost always backfires.
https://medium.com/@kimber_lockhart/don-t-create-a-sense-of-urgency-foster-a-sense-of-purpose-724e309ecdb0
WPTavern: Pantheon Launches Community Resource for Scaling WordPress
“Consensus-Dictator-Fork
“I believe the only practical model for running a successful open source project is the Consensus-Dictator-Fork (CDF) model. It’s a fancy name for how most open source projects work. Decisions are made by consensus whenever possible. This usually covers 95% of the decisions by the simple mechanism of proposing a change and asking for strong objections. When strong objections are raised and consensus does not emerge, the project BDFL (benevolent dictator for life) makes the final call. If enough people object to that decision, they fork the project and create their own. It is a naturally self-balancing system.
“CDF doesn’t solve the problem, but it provides the first building block.”
http://hueniverse.com/2014/10/22/wide-open-or-are-you-in/
“M3 arises when you come to the branch to ask for a loan, I approve it, I open you a bank account and stick the money in there (the bank’s liability) in exchange for expecting you to pay me back one day with interest (the bank’s asset).
“Then you buy stuff, your money moves to the bank account of whoever sold you the stuff, the bank’s asset remains your loan but the bank’s liability is in the bank account of the guy who sold you the stuff.
“No saver ever got involved in this, and that’s where 90% (actually more) of all money in the world comes from.”
http://www.amazon.com/Foolproof-Safety-Dangerous-Danger-Makes/product-reviews/0316286044/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt_rgt?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=critical
“A dependable tell for a systems-thinker as opposed to a goals-thinker is lots of failures along the way and lots of big wins too. Every time Trump ran for president and lost, he gained experience, name recognition in a new field, and important connections. Observers who see life from a goals perspective saw a three-time loser on his way to losing a fourth time. Systems thinkers saw a systems thinker acquiring experience and power in exactly the right way to maximize success.”
” It might be more accurate to see Trump’s persuasion as a result of his talent stack and not as a separate talent in itself.”
“When you learn to see the world in terms of systems, not goals, everything comes into focus.”
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/137749295801/trumps-talent-stack-systems-versus-goals
“Your vision needs to be broad enough to appeal to a variety of people and organizations. You can’t be all things to all people. But you need to be something to enough people to come together and make their aspirations a reality.” — Bill Bratton