In the 21st century it’s hard to believe this was a real job. I guess it’s a good example of how automation impacts the jobs we do.
Finished reading: On Writing by Stephen King 📚
Finished reading: Traction by Gino Wickman 📚
Finished reading: Get A Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable … Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results by Gino Wickman 📚
Finished reading: Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway 📚
Finished reading: Get A Grip by Gino Wickman 📚
Finished reading: Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman 📚
Finished reading: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 📚 Interesting that I read this in the same week the court case reached a conclusion. It’s a cautionary tale for Silicon Valley investors and a great read!
Finished reading: Make Time by Jake Knapp 📚
A great observation by Cal Newport in his book Deep Work
Busyness as Proxy for Productivity - in the absence of clear indicators of what it means to be productive and valuable in their jobs, many knowledge workers turn back toward an industrial indicator of productivity: doing lots of stuff in a visible manner.
I’ve been enjoying the Practically Paperless series of blog posts from Jamie Rubin. I first discovered Jamie through his Going Paperless series some years ago. I really like his casually insightful style of writing.
Finished reading: Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon) by Austin Kleon 📚
A great quote on the subject of storytelling from Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
’The cat sat on the mat’ is not a story. ‘The cat sat on the dog’s mat’ is a story
John Le Carre
Finished reading: Deep Work by Cal Newport 📚
Currently reading: Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon) by Austin Kleon 📚
Finished reading: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 📚
Currently reading: Deep Work by Cal Newport 📚
This morning I awakened to the realisation that despite the rhetoric of my internal dialogue, despite my persisting youthful outlook, despite my seasoned procrastination on important life decisions, I am no longer 26. If there’s a book in me I need to start trying to get the damn thing out!
Currently reading: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 📚
Finished reading: Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data by Carissa Véliz 📚
Currently reading: Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data by Carissa Véliz 📚
One of the rock faces at Stanage Edge in the Peak District. Taken on a recent hike there.
Only 5 minutes from home. You’d be forgiven for thinking it was in the middle of the countryside
Nice surprise when we were hiking in the Peak District
It was one of those long meetings that drew few conclusions.