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“Make reversible decisions as soon as possible and make irreversible decisions as late as possible.” -Shane Parrish, Farnham Street Speaking of decisions… Jeff Bezos wrote up a great framework for decision making in an Amazon shareholder letter… Some decisions are consequential and irreversible or nearly irreversible – one-way doors – and these decisions must beContinue reading “Type 1 and Type 2 Decisions”

“First, I don’t usually have deadlines for my fiction. Sometimes there are deadlines in turning around edits and so on. But in terms of starting and finishing a story or book, all my deadlines are internal – which, in some ways, makes things harder, and intensifies the struggle you mention above. (If I can workContinue reading ““Just As Long As””

“You know when you’re walking in the woods on a dark night…and you see a light shining far off in the distance…and you think to yourself: even though I’m tired and it’s dark and the branches are scratching my face…everything is gonna be okay…because I have that light? And I’ll get there eventually? Well, IContinue reading “No Light?”

“To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.” -Akira Kurosawa In addition to recapping my end of year favorites (films, plays, books, albums, etc.) I thought for 2025, I’d share each month. Without further adieu and in no particular order, here are some July favorites… FILMS: Ikiru and Stray Dog – directed byContinue reading “July 2025 Favorites”

“What gets measured gets managed.” -Peter Drucker “The most fascinating thing in the world is a mirror.” –Quantified Self article headline Per Wikipedia, a Rubric is “a set of criteria for grading assignments. Typically presented in table format, rubrics contain evaluative criteria, quality definitions for various levels of achievement, and a scoring strategy.” Teachers useContinue reading “A YOU Rubric”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” -Lao-Tzu “Comparison is the thief of joy.” -Teddy Roosevelt “Beware the advice derived from a selective recollection of someone’s path to success. Most people forget to mention the missteps, dead ends, and blind luck that got them where they are.” -PaulContinue reading “Live Actually”

“I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen but as the years wasted on nothing ever did unless I caused it.” -Charles Bukowski Almost every well known actor, writer and director has their own production company. They utilize their clout to find projects and stories they’re passionate about and produce them. As opposed to waitingContinue reading “Control Your Artistic Destiny”

Telling someone to “work smarter” is useless because it assumes they already know what smarter looks like. If they did, they’d be doing it.“Work smarter, not harder” is often framed as the opposite of hard work, but working smart is itself a derivative of hard work. You have to work hard just to figure outContinue reading “Smart Follows Hard”

“If we are open only to discoveries which will accord with what we know already, we may as well stay shut.” -Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity “Suffering is whenever you’re not in control.” -Richard Rohr “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” -Seneca “Trust in the Lord with all your heart andContinue reading “An Opportunity For Trust”

“He does the work. I do the cleanup. Then we fight.” -Robert Gottlieb, editor, on his working relationship with author, Robert Caro. “The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium – that is, of any extension of ourselves – result from the new scaleContinue reading “Know The Level Of Collaboration”