The long shot
Charlie Chaplin said life is a tragedy in close-up but a comedy in long-shot. What I learned from that line during a fall at Oxford, and how I use it now.
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Notes from trying to live well.
I write about decisions, friendship, work, and the things I wish I had understood sooner.
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What creating a personal mission statement taught me about choosing principles over momentum, and returning to them when life gets noisy.10 min read
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Knowing the right thing is only half the problem. This is why I began writing about the harder half: learning to act on what we know.5 min readLetters I have sent
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Things I am practicing
Reading gives me ideas. These are the places where I try to turn them into judgment, memory, and skill.
- The AgoraWhere I practice business judgment against real decisions and the record.Enter
- AnamnesisThe ideas I want to remember, brought back before they fade.Enter
- The WorkshopThe games I am building to get better at accounting, judgment, and poker.Enter
- GoalsThe goals I am keeping right now, and whether I kept them.Enter