Month: December 2012
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Addicted to Urgency
The modern world rushes by us with a trillion distractions, each wanting to grab your focus and hold you occupied. Sometimes this is referred to as the tyranny of the urgent. It makes it sound like it holds us against our will and we just can’t help ourselves. But I think we like it. It…
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The Seduction of Arrogance
There are two lies you can believe in the world that will get you into trouble. The first is that you’re not enough. The second is that you’re something special. – My dad When we believe lies, we have a hard time seeing through them. We must recognize and claim some other truth to be…
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The Benefits of Ruts
Variety is the spice of life, that’s true. We only notice things that change, things that don’t simply fade into the background. Change creates the flavor that piques our interest and makes us want to take another bite, but if there is too much spice, not so much. This is the side effect of variety.…
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The Difference Between Precision and Accuracy
Much of the work that I do has all sorts of approximations and guesses. Most of it is done on a computer and one really nice thing about a computer is that it will generate a great degree of precision. Want to know how many Watts that new device is going to use before it’s…