Category: Ambiguity
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The Pendulum Of Life
Think about it: Which do you prefer more, inhaling or exhaling? Inhaling feels great when we go outside and take a deep breath of fresh air, but then slowly exhaling relaxes us. Ultimately, both feel the best when we’ve just done the other. We can’t decide we’d prefer to only inhale, or to only exhale.…
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Sacrificial Hero Or Abuse Enabler
A few months ago, a friend of mine had some helpful comments about how a particular problem project could be put back on course. A few days after, he was asked if he could spend 3 weeks overseas getting the project back on track. Quite nonplussed, he refused saying, “When did the hole someone else…
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Forest For The Trees
Today I went to go replace a headlight in our Suburu Forester. After watching a video online to get a quick overview, I confidently thought it would only take a few minutes. Pop the hood and easily see the bulb. First question enters my mind as there is no cover on this bulb and there…
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Philosophical Underpinings
I’m only human Just what can I do? ‘Cause I feel the fusion When I’m there with you We’re all chemicals, We are, are, are We’re all chemicals… – Tiesto & Don Diablo, Lyrics to Chemicals It’s not hard to guess Tiesto & Don Diablo’s philosophy: we are the chemicals that make us up, that’s it.…
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Knowing vs Doing
Suppose you walk into a restaurant and order a sandwich. They give you the option of a side: fries, a baked potato or chicken nuggets. Now suppose, they add a salad to that list of sides, something healthy. How would that change the distribution of the sides? We probably would think that quite a few…
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Ambiguity Tax
Recently we moved to a new place and hired a company to both pack and move us. The packers showed up on Saturday so they could move us on Sunday. Overall they worked hard getting our goods put into boxes, even providing an index to let us find items later. But occasionally when I came…
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Addicted To More
Gotta get my hands on it, my hands on it Gotta get my hands on a little bit more Won’t stop till I get it, till I get it Won’t stop till I get a little bit more Cause everybody wants Everybody needs Everybody wants A little bit more … One too many is never…
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Leading Under Uncertainty
At a previous company, we brought in an external CEO to help us raise our second round of financing. He came in guns blazing and as the months passed claimed to have found a number of investors interested in our company. He took several fairly expensive trips oversees all in the name of drumming up…
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Getting Comfortable With Change
Many years ago, my dad’s shoes were getting old and fairly worn out. It was time to replace them. As we all know, new shoes never quite feel as comfortable as the ones we’ve worn, but som times they still need to be replaced. So he went out shopping and after searching through many shoes that…
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Chopping Down Trees with Chainsaws
A man heads to the forest to carry out his task: cut down a bunch of dead trees in the middle of the forest. Chainsaw in hand, he hikes several miles to the site and starts felling trees. One by one they come down quickly but soon his chainsaw runs out of gas. He hikes…