Author: Philip

GE’s Jeff Immelt: “Every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it.”

I spent the past week at Robins AFB, Georgia attending a Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Black Belt Workshop. Being 640 miles away, the trip from Scott AFB to Robins AFB was at the upper limit of a driving trip for me.  Depending on traffic, I was looking at approximately 10 hours of driving time each…

“When working with people, assume good intentions.  When listening to people, interpret their words in a generous way.  You will occasionally get burned and mistreated by always assuming the best in others, but it is a far better way to live than the opposite.” – James Clear, author of Atomic Habits

An interesting science fiction short story. Many theories of the story’s underlying themes Reddit (religious theory) David’s Book World Reddit (social theory)

From “The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done”  by Peter F. Drucker 8 February Balance Continuity and Change Precisely because change is a constant, the foundations have to be extra strong. The more an institution is organized to be a change leader, the more it will need…

I just finished the book Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.  This book had a lot of practical and actionable advice for anyone desiring to make a pivot into a new career, whether just starting out or seeking a change.  The book is an attempt to bring the Stanford University course taught by…

Don’t always assume that a person in a position of authority got there by way of their competence.  The Peter Principle may be at play.

It appears as though Epictetus had the idea before Stephen Covey wrote about the “sphere of influence” in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  Maybe there should be a 7 Habits of Highly Effective Stoics edition.  (capture is from The Daily Stoic book by Ryan Holiday)

Shane Parrish interviewed Naval Ravikant on an early episode of The Knowledge Project #podcast  Naval shares his insightful philosophies on many topics including his reading habits, happiness, AI, education, the meaning of life, etc.  Transcript

I had no idea the Schoolhouse Rock folks produced a Money Rock series!