Great Movie Posters

Invisible Hand

This short poem and film - "It's a Wonderful Loaf" - deserves wide circulation.

Boring Stuff

[Photo by Maria Fernanda Gonzalez t Unsplash]


You know the boring stuff; routine items you just don't want to do; soul-killing routines that you step over as you rush to something - anything! - more interesting.

Unfortunately, the boring stuff is cagey. Its revenge is exacted by the equally boring strategy of not going away. 

I repeat. The damned stuff does not go away. It lingers and lurks, fostering stress and, if unaddressed,  grows larger and larger.

The beast is impossible to avoid for any lengthy period of time.

So what's the solution? We need to reserve time for B.S.; Boring Stuff. 

Enter that period with the expectation that it will contain nothing of interest but keep one consolation: although the Boring Stuff itself is a drag, having completed it is one of life's undeniable joys.

So use Focus and Action to escort it to the door, then have a brief celebration.

Brief that is, because the Boring Stuff always returns.

Build It

[Photo by Sidney Pearce at Unsplash]

No matter what your job title happens to be, 

your primary responsibility is to build trust.

First Paragraph

We all make mistakes, but starting the Third World War would have been a rather large one. To this day, I still maintain it was not entirely my fault. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

- From The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue by Frederick Forsyth

Two Questions from Interrupters

[Photo by Headway at Unsplash]

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When are you going to finish that? 
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Aren't you done yet?

A Sign for the Meeting Room

While in the meeting room, 

put down your smartphone. 

Look around. Interact with other people. 

Give them, not your smartphone, 

your attention.

You'll be happy you did.

Great Movie Posters

Quote of the Day

The early PayPal team worked well together because we were all the same kind of nerd.

- Peter Thiel

Law Day

FutureLawyer notes that May 1 is Law Day.

I recall a conversation with a charming and well-educated executive who said that he really didn't care whether the U.S. Supreme Court followed the law just so it produced the outcomes that he favored.

That remains one of the most frightening remarks I've ever heard.