Book Time

Category: Culture

  • Work Life Integration

    Work Life Integration

    I’ve stopped thinking about how to balance work and life. In terms of work and life there is a transaction cost to what you want your life to look like. I think more of work life integration. Your work agreement with your employer can be viewed as

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  • Engineer Your Path from the End First.

    Engineer Your Path from the End First.

    I took some time off this past week. What basically added up to a long weekend, but it was needed. Made me think about work/life balance. I hear many people talking about the freedom they want with work. I don’t really think

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  • Identity, Calling, Assignment

    Identity, Calling, Assignment

    Clarifying what you want in life and why you do the things you do is difficult. There’s a lot more to unpack on this subject about how you get there. For now, here’s some language i’ve found helpful to clarify this for others.

    Everyone needs clarity around three things to make sense of their life and work.

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  • Money and Other Stuff

    Money and Other Stuff

    Last week I mentioned some conversations I had last week. One of them was a situation where a friend had a decision to make about two separate positions at different companies. In terms of comp package they were the same. My response?

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  • July 5th

    July 5th

    Happy 5th! I didn’t post yesterday since everyone else seemed to and I enjoyed simply spending time with my people.
    Started the day with a run though and it gave me some thoughts. There are plenty of places where simply being able to go about my day in peace like that isn’t

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  • We all need a time to downshift.

    We all need a time to downshift.

    Rest is good. If you haven’t planned any for the year, we’re 2/3’s of the way through.
    -Go to your calendar now.
    -Look 4 weeks out.
    -Book it.

    There will be excuses as to why that can’t happen. They’re excuses. Be as ruthless with your rest as you are with your work.

    I’ll catch you all next week.

  • Everything has a transaction cost.

    Any time we add speed and flexibility there is a simultaneous introduction of new fragility. When we think we’re safe do to all our advancements, it’s helpful to keep this in mind.

  • Humanlike Beings

    Humanlike Beings

    I rewatched the video demo of the Figure robot the other day that prompted a thought. The question that arose was less about robots but rather the

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  • Good Counsel

    “For Lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.” -Proverbs 11:14

    I wrote something a few weeks ago and at the

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  • Assets – Private, Public, and Otherwise

    Assets – Private, Public, and Otherwise

    Let’s talk about private equity for a minute. Full disclosure, i’m not an accredited investor. Still, through a myriad of circumstances I’ve been able to hold private assets with other parties as a Limited Partner. There are some times that being an LP or telling someone you’re an LP sounds good. Reality wise, it’s

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