Fed's Barr gives us new details on the speed of the 3/10 SVB run, and... holy smokes. "On Friday morning...the bank let us know that they expected the outflow to be vastly larger...a total of $100 billion was scheduled to go out the door that day."

It's the most powerful force in our lives. It turns the impossible into the inevitable. And we have complete control over it. I'm talking about serendipity. Here’s something that most people don’t get: (I promise you'll be glad you read this 🧵)

I think about this quote often: "A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days." - Annie Dillard The thing that stands out to me most is that a schedule is a net for catching days.

A step upward & foreword, outside of the known & familiar, puts you into the wild. Life becomes bewildering, but hang in there. It will only be a brief time & you will find yourself settled, but having done something of significance. Significance > familiar. #FridayThoughts

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Speech is of time, silence is of eternity - Thomas Carlyle Negotiations involve talking, but once an initial offer is made, I have retooled Carlyle’s quote to “speech is of narrowing, silence is of expanding.” Silence gives the opportunity to expand options. #negotiation

Generally, if someone is publicly telling me about “easy money” to be made, I assume the “easy money” has already been made (if it was ever easy).

Enjoyed thinking through and writing this article on negotiation. “Speech is of time, silence is of eternity” The spoils don’t always go to those who talk more or louder. forvis.com/article/2023/0…

Bragging about being better than your team at their jobs is not the flex that some people think it is. You are the leader of your team. Your flex sounds like a training and leadership problem to me. Followers reflect their leader. #LeadershipDevelopment