Diversify Your Skill Stack (Advice From Quincy And Rashida Jones)

Rashida Jones’ father, the legendary Quincy Jones, told her, “Always be good at two things.” Quincy led by example too. He’d do music with artists and then score for films. This way, he explained, there was always work if one category got slow. Rashida told Conan O’Brien it was the best advice he gave her.* … Continue reading Diversify Your Skill Stack (Advice From Quincy And Rashida Jones)

Before The Trip And Before The Project: Destination Planning And Route Planning

When we are trying to help people reach a goal or meet an objective, it can help to differentiate between destination planning and route planning. Destination planning can be done with a paper map. We are in one place and the destination is in another. Route planning can be done and then modified on our … Continue reading Before The Trip And Before The Project: Destination Planning And Route Planning

Nazi-Fighting Field Mice And Always Having A Margin Of Safety

There are two types of conservative: the kind where you avoid risk, and the kind where you broaden your definition of success. The first is about limiting the potential outcomes to something certain. The second is about opening up to a range of acceptable outcomes, also called having a margin of safety. The distinction matters … Continue reading Nazi-Fighting Field Mice And Always Having A Margin Of Safety

Podcast Of The Week: “Deterministic Thinkers In A Probabilistic World,” Or “When JP Met Rory”

Sometimes you just want to hear two of your favorite people hang out with each other.* James O’Shaughnessy had a nearly two-hour talk with Rory Sutherland on the Infinite Loops Podcast this week. O’Shaughnessy is an OG quant investor/behavioral psychology fanatic/philosopher/et al, and Sutherland is one of the greatest (and most entertaining) marketing minds of … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: “Deterministic Thinkers In A Probabilistic World,” Or “When JP Met Rory”