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Last night I was walking through Chang Hen Ge Square (长恨歌广场) in Lintong District, near Xi'An (西安市). Around me, there were several groups of people exercising together, all moving in sync. Tour groups winding through Huaqing Palace (华清宫) in long, patient lines. Hundreds of people doing the same thing. At the same time, well, and in an orderly fashion. There's a hive mind here, and you can really…
With 2022 coming to a close, we are all getting bombarded with "year in review" type of content . As people reflect on the past year, the inevitable flip side of the coin materializes: New Year resolutions. Goodreads (an app to track books you have read and want to read) is of course following suit and yesterday, when I logged into my account, this is what I saw. Besides the fact that December 4th…
TL;DR: This article compares two different ways of running companies, autoscaling and alaskan fishing boats, and argues that the second model is ultimately more sustainable and human. This Is Fine , © by KC Green During the pandemic, the US government handed out an estimated $817 billion in stimulus checks. It turns out that when people are stuck at home, bored, and with lots of "free money", they…
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. -John Quincy Adams One of the big aha moments in my life was when I discovered Start with Why . In this brilliant TED Talk, Simon Synek argues that the most successful leaders and organizations have a clear sense of their "why," which drives them to inspire and motivate others to take action. Since…