These are a few conclusions I made last year in a Philosophy class that I found scribbled on a piece of graph paper. They relate Western Philosophy (Theory of Forms & the state) to Christian theology. Plato’s perfect state compared with the Church 1. Preachers are Philosophers Lovers of Knowledge Knowledge = Forms Forms = [...]
What a joy three years later to receive a relationship request.
I think at this point in my career, it’s more about developing a consistent process for doing work, than the actual work that I produce. The work probably won’t matter in 10 years, but the process will be what is insanely valuable.
Higher incentives lead to worse performance in high cognitive tasks. Three factors lead to better performance and more personal satisfaction: 1. Autonomy Once a quarter, an Australian software company gives their workers 24 hours to work on whatever they want, with whoever they want. This one day leads to new bug fixes, and new software [...]
Beyond their names, it works because Fisher is a huge flopper, and Kobe is the meat of the team. He really brings home the bacon.
“I’m more interested in wit than humour. Humour is entertaining, but wit makes you look at something in a different way. Buster Keaton said that a comedian does funny things; a good comedian does things funny. The second is more subtle. Work should express the kind of person you are, and I do not have [...]
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