"Devote the rest of your life to making progress...the chance for progress, to keep or lose, turns on the events of a single day." Epictetus

Great teams are ultimately grown, not gathered. this was a recurring theme during interviews for #themessymiddle - teams becoming who they needed to be to win, vs. hiring all-stars.

Jack Altman My father warned me about groupthink the way other fathers warn their kids about drugs. (I'm continuing this tradition.)

Looking at data can be comforting. Every time I read something alarming in the news, then look at the actual data, I feel better. News is intrinsically biased toward the exceptional. #manbitesdog

"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness." — Yousuf Karsh

thinking: it's worth trying to be less diligent at the stuff that doesn’t matter. despite the pressure to do otherwise, your energy is yours to spend. outperform on the stuff that matters at the expense of stuff that doesn’t.

One of the greatest pieces of advice that Steve Jobs gave over the years.

hello darkness my old friend why are you here its 4pm

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Evolution 🚀 Elon Musk

Things you can control -Your mindset -How you respond -What risks you take -How honest you are -Who your friends are -How you treat others -How you get back up -How you spend money -What you read & learn -How you talk to yourself -How you treat your body -How you express yourself

The Innovators Walter Isaacson 🔑

David Deutsch After centuries of struggle a method for ascertaining truth of a statement has finally been discovered by the US press! Which peer-reviewed journal did they publish it in?

Successful businesses put customers first. That's the best long-term strategy. #business #entrepreneurship #tech #marketing #disruption #ecommerce

~3yr anniversary of The Messy Middle; 🤯 Grateful to readers who helped spread word. been fun to see reviews, even the one about "profanity” in a book about how messy it gets. let's commemorate w/ some especially relevant highlights these days... 🧵

Scott Garvis, CMAA shares his story +Best Practices for AD's on The Educational AD Podcast! anchor.fm/dashboard/epis… FIAAA NIAAA IHSADA IADA DIAA Prep2Prep NAIS CoachTube.com Sports leaders network The Coaches' Journal Athletic Director's Think Tank Coach & AD Magazine