⫹⫺ It’s Been a While
⫹⫺ It’s Been a While
CMMN WLTH 115 - Cheat Codes for Creators, Makers & Doers
Hello my friends,
It’s been a while.
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I started writing CMMN WLTH as a way to push myself to think beyond an algorithm.
To stay accountable I publish what I find to the 363 of you that invited me to send these mails to your inbox.
Sticking to a schedule for these updates isn’t going to happen for me at the moment, but my commitment to ensuring that I curate only the highest quality inputs is unwavering.
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— Andy
In this month’s email:
Product - The mad scientist of golf brought 3D printed clubs to The Masters.
People - Breaking the mystery of culture.
Process - The exponential return of a simple practice.
Out of Office - AI powered games by Neal.Fun.
*Product
3D Printed Clubs - The Mad Scientist of Golf
“This is a guy who wields a driver designed for the long-drive circuit and relies on single-length irons to get him on the green. And don’t forget about how he strategically picks golf balls with perfectly centered cores by floating them in Epsom salts.”
Bryson Dechambeau played last month’s Masters golf tournament with a, first of their kind, set of 3D printed irons made especially for him by a company called Avoda.
3D printing allows the irons to have a “bulge and roll” club face. Similar to that of a driver the profile is more forgiving meaning that mishits end up closer to the target line.
Bryson has continually challenged the norms of a usually conservative sport. Dave Perell wrote an outstanding piece on what you can learn from it.
*People
What Do We Even Mean by Culture?
Even with such ubiquity, no one quite knows how to exactly to define “culture”.
Culture tends to fall into one of five categories:
1. Customs 2. Traditions 3. Lifestyle 4. Leisure 5. Art.
The categorization is contradictory to a clean definition of the word “culture” e.g. is culture created or inherited, is it directed or generated?
Culture is a shared set of behaviors. A one person culture can’t thrive just as a one person language can’t.
*Process
Taking Notes
The brightest people that I have worked with are voracious note takers.
One of the easiest ways to get yourself noticed in the workplace is to take on the responsibility of note taking and distribution in a meeting.
Develop a note taking system. Finding a method or application that accepts different media types and enables collaboration increases the speed of information flow.
Pen and paper for retention. Digital for speed and accountability.
*Out of Office
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