Particles
Short-form notes and passing ideas.
Late afternoon walk.
Late afternoon walk. The wind is getting up. Ahead of Storm Austen maybe. One farmer out muck spreading. Another is flaying hedges. They’re winter aware. What did you notice today?
I noticed bold ambitions require an unreasonable agenda.
I noticed bold ambitions require an unreasonable agenda. Which means pushing higher standards and not accepting the status quo performance. Most people don’t like being on the receiving end of this type of strong leadership. And so some leaders dilute their mission to accommodate this resistance. They end up
80 year old you
Do it for the 80 year old you that is sitting there thinking "I'm so glad I did that" From Stories with Kiki on Substack
State Leadership
What I know is that the aim of the state is not the welfare of its people. Its centralized accumulation and redistribution of resources under the leadership of elites who hold power in a way acceptable to society. From a LinkedIn Post by Anastasiia Mladinska
The em dash
Large Language Models (AI) use the em dash―3 times more often than humans in standard essays. [1]
Impute
Steve Jobs didn’t invent the computer, he mastered the psychology of perception. His 1977 mentor, Mike Markkula, taught him a concept called "Impute." It means people judge the book by the cover. If the packaging is shoddy, the brain assumes the product inside is shoddy. Apple engineered
A tale of two cafes
#1. No welcome. No warmth. #2. Warm welcome. Friendly service. It's obvious which gets the business. #1 = dead. #2 = busy.
Fast value
Reminded how quick a fire pre-sale session adds huge value for the client while establishing credibility for the expert. The true value though comes from application not answers.
Punk Chef
“It’s not about about what you can't do, it's about what you can do when given the right environment.” Scott Garthwaite, Punk Chef – a deaf chef breaking barriers with unique food experiences across the UK.
Malaphor
Just learned the word malaphor today. It's a blend of metaphor and malapropism, and it describes that funny slip when two idioms or clichés accidentally get mashed together into nonsense Like saying “Hammer House of Horror Time.”