Mary Jo had told me once, “You think I want you to keep adding skills. I don’t. I want you to start shedding illusions.”
― Steve Hoffman, A Season for That
Author: Patrick Rhone
PM Talks S2E2 with Mike Vardy and Patrick Rhone — Episode 589: Alignment
I’ve not yet posted the latest episode of my monthly conversation with my friend Mike Vardy about ideas that matter. In this episode, we talk about the importance of making sure your tasks align with your purpose.
One of the favorite, most interesting, and most generally useful things I read every year, Warren Buffett’s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder’s letter. I always learn something applicable and actionable.
We’ve got plans for the evening.
Very proud of my wife, who did all of the historic surveying and inventory work concluding in this successful vote to get local historic designation for Rochester, Minnesota’s Pill Hill District.
Here’s a (admittedly costly and privileged) thought: Instead of downloading your Kindle books and hacking the DRM from them, use the titles as a list to go buy from your local book store. Or, cheaper option, to keep an eye out for in a Little Free Library.
Back up the digital with the physical.
I bet you haven’t listened to Duran Duran’s Rio in a while. You should.
Excellent ideas on activism from Alan Jacobs.
This is the way.
A good book, a glass of wine, a fire in the place. A loving wife across from me, her book in hand, in a comfy chair, under a warm throw.
This is life. This is what matters.
Reminder: Paper is always DRM free.