On getting the order...................

 

............................................right.

Radical.....................

 

....................The Office of Crisis Identification.

7. Finally, recognize that the job of an OCI is counter intuitive. It is to follow the method of hockey star Wayne Gretsky and skate to where the puck will be, not where it is. Traditionally, there is little, or no recognition given for preventing crises, and yet those bold actions are deserving of honor.

Nicholas Bate...........................

 

.........................offers a public service.

Helping me.............................

..............in many ways, including the leasing of office space:

 People are social beings, not mere transaction devices or vending machines. They seek to connect with others and to find a higher purpose . . .

the power of ............................

 

..........................................stories.

Shortcuts...........................

 

The successful learn vicariously; the foolish insist on firsthand pain.

-Farnum Street

A demand..................................

 

.........................................worth making.

Chris highlights the problem with this quote attributed to C. S. Lewis:

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

When uncertainty stalks...................

 

Control what you can. Walk, meditate and read the classics.

-more here from Nicholas Bate

Reprinted............................

 

.......................................by popular demand.

Remembering................................

 

...............................the not-so-secret secrets.

Please...........................

 

The world doesn’t need another hard-nosed profession. It needs one that acquires clout through competence and caring.

-Michael Wade, from here

It's a low bar, but I'd tune in.............

 

Predict that the DOGE weekly live streams listing all the things they are cutting from the federal budget will garner larger rating than any of the news shows on TV.

-Chris Lynch, from here

You can, but it won't.................

 

........................Frustration is bargaining with reality, hoping it will change.

-Farnum Street

Seven............................

 

..................ways to be different:

7.  Zag when others Zig

Sunday...........................

 ..............................................seven:

5. You do not need permission to change.

boldness.....................

 8.  appreciate that which is easily taken for granted;

100 more here

On spinning.......................

 .................................................your wheels:

Wisdom...................

 Do not rely on the cooperation of those who will rarely give it. Search for a solution that is apart from such cooperation. You may be surprised by how easily such solutions can be found.

-Michael Wade

Wisdom....................

 ..........................and other good stuff may be found here on a regular basis.

Yep..........................

 People love familiarity. That’s true not just for faces but products, careers, and styles. It’s almost like nature’s risk-management system.

-Morgan Housel, cut-and-pasted from here