#316 - Decisions you can stand on
The report is in your inbox, unopened. Here is what it is actually for.
STUFF I'VE WRITTEN
- Decisions you can stand on. The last of four weeks on values, and the step that does not work on your own.
- From the Archive: A door, not an answer. From August, the first time I mentioned any of this out loud.
STUFF I'M READING
- Irrational decisions. The decisions everyone approves of keep you where you are. He left a CEO job with no plan when the board asked for a three year one.
- When giving up teaches you more than persevering ever could. Quitting shows you what you are made of in a way sticking it out never does. A professional philosopher took an office job after twenty PhD rejections and lasted a week.
- Michael Phelps trained six years without a day off, which bought him 52 days a year on everyone else. Bob Bowman writes about winning. His coach once stood on his goggles on purpose.
- Why narcissistic leaders don't like remote work. Adam Grant and colleagues, across three studies and 259 Fortune 500 CEOs: narcissism was the one trait that consistently predicted resisting remote work.
- Everyone is made of glass. A French king who believed he was made of glass, and what sits under everybody's strangest belief.
STUFF I'M LINKING
- Typical Tuesday. How fifty norable people spent an ordinary day, hour by hour, from their own letters and diaries. Darwin, Austen, Seneca, Elizabeth Holmes.
- Very Good Films. Around 110 films, each with who recommended it and what to watch it after. No ads and no algorithm.
Finally. elect.horse. A daily gerrymandering puzzle. Draw the districts so the horse wins with 40% of the vote. Oddly satisfying, slightly shameful.
BELOW THE FOLD
This week: Updates from the last seven days and This Week I Learned what a basket of eggs has to do with the Citroën 2CV.
Journal prompt: What is one standing decision I could make this week, and who needs to hear it? Start writing.
Work with me: I coach people at turning points in their career, from their first team to the leadership table. Every engagement starts with a 30 minute Discovery Session. Book one here.
Elsewhere: Website · Instagram · Threads · Bluesky
This week: Updates from the last seven days and This Week I Learned what a basket of eggs has to do with the Citroën 2CV.
Journal prompt: What is one standing decision I could make this week, and who needs to hear it? Start writing.
Work with me: I coach people at turning points in their career, from their first team to the leadership table. Every engagement starts with a 30 minute Discovery Session. Book one here.
Elsewhere: Website · Instagram · Threads · Bluesky
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