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The Inner Game of Tennis
Today, I played my first tennis match in 17 years. When we were warming up, it was very obvious to me that I'm a substantially better player than my opponent. Yet, I lost 1-6, 1-6. Why? I had written in my previous post [https://bfc.do/tennis/], how
Decentralization vs Efficiency
Crypto promises to transform human civilization in two ways: Decentralization of power and increase in efficiency. Some are most excited about the first. They see a world where people are less controlled by big corporations and governments. Where they have more autonomy and privacy. Others don't like this
Tennis
I have started playing tennis again. I had played as a child from around 11 until I was 18. I loved it. I loved training, competing and thinking about tennis. I was never great, but tried hard to get better. One thing that I later reflected on is how in
Writer's Block / Unblock
I really enjoyed publishing a few posts a few months ago. I got into a rhythm of putting ideas together and writing blog posts. Writing is quite scary for me, but then it felt liberating to put them out there. I have to accept that I may come across as
Radical Transparency
At Chorus One, all information is available to all team members by default. This includes: * Cap table and compensation * Contracts * Financial information (revenues, assets, etc) * Interview notes I have been interested in transparency, at least since reading Ray Dalio's book Principles [https://www.principles.com/] around the time
Don't Be a Bottleneck
A simple thing I do that helps me be a more effective CEO is try not to be a bottleneck. It's very easy for a CEO to become a bottleneck. You want to be involved. Feel responsible for everything. Help out. Pick up the things that aren'
Lower Your Standards and Create with Ease
If you want to be effective, it's important to produce at a high rate. It's almost impossible to produce at a high rate, if you are also trying to produce at a high standard. So lower your standards and things become easier. As with many things
The Benefits of a Distributed Team
At Chorus One, we have been a distributed company since the start. I was a fan of this model from the beginning. And over time my appreciation of the benefits have only grown. Three benefits stand out to me the most: 1. Limitless Talent Pool We have people from Brazil
Q2 2019: 6-Day Fast
I've been interested in fasting for many years. Around 2010, I read a book called "Eat Stop Eat" [https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Stop-Intermittent-Fasting-English-ebook/dp/B076134V88] by Brad Pilon about intermittent fasting. Afterward, I started fasting for 24 hours once or twice a week. I did that
Writing Struggle
I started on a dozen different ideas for a short post. None of them really resonated with me. They were too ambitious, or didn't feel pertinent enough. If I will continue doing this on a daily basis, there will be many more occasions like this.