The longer a society remains stable, the more freighted down with special interest groups it becomes. Unions or cartels of businesses slow an economy’s response to change because they require the assent of many members in order to effect a change. This makes wages and prices much stickier than in a classical free-market economy."
—Mancur Olson as paraphrased by Philip Greenspun. original
Wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg fought back against the intruders, who shot him through his cheek and then forced him to help them find more hostages. Weinberg lied to the kidnappers by telling them that the residents of the neighboring apartment were not Israelis. Wounded, Weinberg later again attacked the kidnappers, allowing one of his wrestlers to escape before himself being shot to death. Weightlifter Yossef Romano also attacked and wounded one of the intruders before being shot and killed.
The Germans offered an unlimited amount of money as well as the substitution of high-ranking Germans. The kidnappers refused both offers."
—Wikipedia on the Munich massacre. I'm reading about it in the wake of the attack on cricketers in Pakistan. Things could have been much worse.
“If I get in five or six hours of writing, the other stuff [routine chores] feels
satisfying, like a kind of grace. But if I have to do that stuff when I haven’t
written—that’s a terrible thing."
Most new years resolutions have failed by this point.
By definition, a new habit doesn't fit in with the mindset and lifestyle you currently have. You care about more than the resolution. You're really asking for the new mindset that enables it.
When you make a change its implications ripple through your life. For it to take hold, the rest of your life must make room for it. Reorganize, repack. Resolutions are simplistic. They encourage us to focus on one aspect of life, and to ignore implications for the rest.
Don't fix the action too quickly. Don't fixate on individual resolutions. You have somewhere to get to, and you must change in myriad ways to get there. Change requires practice. Make it a habit, a constant process of improvement. Keep sketching [1,2]. Iterate. What's so special about January first anyway?
paraphrasing myself from two years ago after reading TJ
comments
Our product just launched: 