WEEKLY THOUGHTS

Staying at a scale that’s working isn’t a cowardly copout. It might be the single best way to do work that matters for people who care.

Like our children, we love all of our values equally. However, the most uncomfortable (at times) value we uphold is our desire to Keep Score. This is because it is possible to chase better, play the long game, and put the team first–but not produce results. That’s a tricky situation.

We recently read a (paid) Jonah Goldberg post highlighting the difference between the popularity of an idea as opposed to the intensity of support for an idea. The basic gist is that there are all sorts of great-sounding ideas out there: free healthcare; free college tuition; ripped abs; a good mile time; better terms with vendors; a good relationship with your children. Unfortunately, all things in life come with some sort of cost.

Lately, we are feeling our attention is scattered. With all that’s going on in the world combined with extra communication between multiple email accounts, numerous Slack channels, group text messages, FaceTimes, Zoom meetings, and phone calls, there is a lot of potential for distraction.