“People overestimate the progress we can have in a day, and underestimate the progress you can have in a year of making sure every ordinary day counts.”
- Eric Spoelstra
@KerithBurke @ChubertTS @SIChrisMannix Exactly, he is just saying what others are thinking. The real conversation is whether narratives can be built around teams like Denver and I think most of us think so
8 daily habits for a better life:
1. Journal—prepare for the hours ahead
2. Go for a walk
3. Do some deep work
4. Do a kindness
5. Read. Read. Read.
6. Get some strenuous exercise
7. Connect with friends and family
8. Meditate on your mortality (Memento Mori)
In 2011, Denzel Washington was asked to give a commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania.
Although the entire message is quite good, a single 54-second segment changed the way I think about life...
Why read a self-help book published in 2023 when you could read one that was a best seller for 1,500 years?
This is the Consolation of Philosophy, written by a man called Boethius while he was in prison, awaiting execution, in 523 AD.
Here are its 8 most powerful ideas:
A common evolution I see in managers:
- first time, micro manages like crazy, focused on inputs. Still thinking like an IC
- few years in, enlightened by the idea of empowerment. Goes very hands off
- eventually settles to a balance; supportive on inputs, demanding on outputs