"This time he was here to help us understand some truths about how we really run the business, make decisions, and value what's worth doing. When I say value, I don't mean a list of generalized "values", or the bullshit phrase of "adding value", but how we attribute value when evaluating our options and making tradeoffs."
💬 Jason Fried
“Ravages of age,” really? That phrase has got to go.
“Language matters. Journalists need to stop relying on offensive, misleading phrases like ‘ravages of age’ and we need to keep calling them out until they do.”
💬 Ashton Applewhite
“Chuck Schumer’s been in Congress so long that medically he’s considered a pre-existing condition.”
💬 Peggy Noonan
“If you’re producing an event, you want the best person you can get. And then inevitably, you have to settle for the best person you can get.”
💬 William Gallagher
“At this rate, the next PM will be the chasm where Suella Braverman’s soul should be.”
💬 Frances Ryan, The Guardian
“Trump’s team took the 5th so often it should be called taking the 45th.”
💬 Dave Pell
I don’t always remember to put up the readwise quotes that catch my eye when I see them - so here’s a collection for you
No comment on increasing disorder at all levels!
Something to bear in mind on the ‘journey to the top’.
A corollary to finding the problem for your solution?
Explains some decisions by certain people.
Well - yes - maybe in his day. Is it just me that thinks this no longer holds true? (That is the younf asking questions. Or am I just cynical?
Dave Winer gives a shout-out for our very own Manton Reece.
“And I look forward to reading his book.”
💬 Dave Winer
Even Dave was waiting!
The Fog of Global War, Dana Blankenhorn
“This is also no normal midterm election. This is an existential battle between democracy and fascism. Major media try to both sides it, but that’s …
Different Times.
If Adam’s grandfather was alive today - I wonder how he would negotiate the virtual office. Remote work. Fractional and Interim people.
