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Shoutout to all drummers!
I am making great progress learning the drums but I have a long ways to go! Whenever I learn something new, I usually underestimate how much time, effort, focus, and sacrifice it takes in order to be great at a skillset. And now that I am actually learning the drums, I appreciate drummers so much…
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I am learning the drums
A few weeks ago, I jammed with a group of friends and noticed that my timing on the guitar was off. I couldn’t seem to play in sync with the song’s tempo. Maybe it’s because I usually play alone, without a band — and I never realized that my rhythm wasn’t consistent! The next day…
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Go for 80% effort
I regularly play tennis with this French guy in his 50s. Whatever powerful groundstrokes I hit, he just returns them nonchalantly. He also has a knack for consistently returning my shots — almost effortlessly. I give every shot 100%, and I’m super gassed playing against him. Towards the later games, I just don’t have the…
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The more decision-makers, the slower the execution
When an organization has a lot of decision-makers, the execution is slow. For instance, in family-run businesses where the parents and siblings are all involved in the business, the clash of ideas, vision, and management style, all lead to slow execution. You have to find common ground and this is hard. Compared to one-person founders…
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Where’s the human?
Whenever I read anything online, I try to find the human. Give me the flaws and the imperfect grammar please! I am tired of reading these perfectly written essays. It is quite ironic because I used to scoff at writing errors (whether grammar or logic) in the past. But now in the age of AI,…
