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being “smart” is hard work

a bit I wrote back in 2007 about practice.

short summaries

thoughts condensed from my notebooks, 25 October 2008 through 14 February 2009.

“ THE LAWS OF CONSTRUCTIVE CAPITALISM:
1 STRATEGY IS A COMMODITY
2 COMPETITION IS OBSOLETE
3 THERE IS NOTHING MORE ASYMMETRICAL THAN AN IDEAL
4 TOMORROW IS TODAY
5 CONNECTIONS NOT TRANSACTIONS
6 PEOPLE, NOT PRODUCT
7 CREATIVITY, NOT PRODUCTIVITY
8 OUTCOMES, NOT INCOMES
9 ADVANTAGE IS IN THE DNA
10 THE NEXT REVOLUTION IS INSTITUTIONAL Umair Haque (http://vimeo.com/3204792)

October 27

“ Be determined to change your own mind.

July 28

“ I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now. FIELD NOTES

July 1

“ Creating smoothly running silent systems is often the greatest improvement opportunity for enhanced productivity. David Allen, “Ready for Anything”

December 14

“ I keep a notebook in my pocket all the time, and I really do listen to what people say, even when we’re out in a club at 3 a.m. and someone’s passing on an idea in a drunken slur. Good ideas come from people everywhere, not in the boardroom. Richard Branson

December 7

“ The growth of wisdom may be gauged accurately by the decline of ill-temper. Nietzsche

November 29

“ Talk does not cook rice. Chinese proverb

August 10

“ The question “What shall we do about it?” is only asked by those who do not understand the problem. If a problem can be solved at all, to understand it and to know what to do about it are the same thing. On the other hand, doing something about a problem which you do not understand is like trying to clear away darkness by thrusting it aside with your hands. When light is brought, the darkness vanishes at once. Alan Watts

July 12

“ The next aphrodisiac is committed full-attention focus. In this new area, experiencing this engaged attention is to feel alive. Trusted filters, trusted protectors, trusted concierge, human or technical, removing distractions and managing boundaries, filtering signal from noise, enabling meaningful connections, that make us feel secure, are the opportunity for the next generation. Opportunity will be the tools and technologies to take our power back. Nat Torkington

June 11

“ oh, the sky’s not the limit and you’re never ‘gonna guess what is from “Red Light,” by The Strokes

May 29

“ The Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm:
(1) write down the problem;
(2) think very hard;
(3) write down the answer. attributed to Murray Gell-Mann

March 31

“ existence precedes essence Jean-Paul Sartre

March 8

“ Don’t piss in my pocket and tell me it’s raining. from “Layer Cake”