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The Landmark

March 18th, 2024 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Meet me at the big oak tree outside of town at dusk. They said something like that in the old Westerns. It makes sense to still do this. There was always a showdown or something in the old Westerns. The big oak tree a mile outside of town at dusk. How did […]

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Tags: Agreement · General Systems Thinking · Planning · Time · Urgent

A Sense of Urgency

October 9th, 2023 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips We have tools that multiply our productivity. Every age seems to have such tools. Will we have the sense of urgency to use these tools this time around? From what I can find, the screwdriver was invented in the late 1400s. It was created to, of course, turn screws. The screws were […]

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Tags: History · Improvement · Jobs · Purpose · Technology · Urgent · Work

The Tyranny of The Urgent vs The Primacy of The Relevant 

May 12th, 2022 · No Comments

By Dwayne Phillips What is urgent and what is relevant often do not match. Should I balance them or is that not relevant? What are you saying or doing today? Is that the most urgent thing you can say or do today? No, but we have a plan. We are working towards something big, we […]

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Tags: Choose · Decide · Relevant · Urgent