Retrospective on A 12 Week Year
“The 12 Week Year” argues that a calendar year — a 365 day time span — is too long a period to effectively plan and execute on your goals. Instead, you should do that process on a quarterly basis.
Category: Essays
The essays shared on my blog are typically longer-form writing, with a high bar for quality.
Triangular Numbers for Fun, Profit, and Community
I’ve been playing a lot of Smash Up.
All That is Necessary to be a Bodhisattva is to Want to be One
Today, I am taking Bodhisattva vows.
A Feasible Goal
Last year, I began reading books from the Personal MBA Recommended Reading List, a collection of 100 best books about business. One of the books I read was The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt.
The Three Threats
We face three major threats to life on Earth: nuclear weapons, global warming, and artificial intelligence.
Goldratt on Persuasion
Although Eliyahu Goldratt’s books seem to be related to the realm of business, if you learn more about Goldratt and his ideas, it becomes clear that he believed they extended far beyond the domain of business.
Implementing A Second Brain in Emacs and Org-Mode
This post is a continuation of “Building A Second Brain with Emacs and Org-Mode.” If you haven’t read that yet, read that post first.
A Joke
There is a meditator seeking enlightenment who has a particularly bad case of monkey-mind. She hears that there is a technique that, if you do it completely for five minutes, will inevitably lead to instant,…