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How to do things better. Mental tools, self-improvement, business.
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Personnel as Policy: Hyman Rickover’s thoughts on management
Despite all the research done on management best practices, all the articles and reports and books that have been written, despite all the experience accumulated…
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Country Club Work: My work setting in some ways resembles a country club, but my work is more interesting than golf
I am lucky: I can treat work like a country club. I can go there when I like to. It’s a ten minute drive. I…
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We are Meant to be Many Things: Singular focus is not a human trait
Singular focus is not a human trait. It is a machine trait. Human life is fragmented on purpose. We are meant to be many things:…
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Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom: Just because it worked for Mao Zedong doesn’t mean it works for a modern corporation
You have to give it the old communists: They knew how to create a good slogan. Some of them are still in use today, and…
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CrossFit: I like to exercise but I don’t like to talk about it
Many of us spend more time on exercise than on sex, yet there’s not a single movie about exercise. As a contrast, consider sports and…
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Avoiding Organic: Spending extra for organic isn’t worth it
What matters more, what you eat, or the quality of that food? What’s healthier, low-grade boiled GMO vegetables from Food ‘n’ Stuff or a bag…
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