Brain Worms

The title of this page started out as “Quotes and Questions”, then it turned into “Quotes, Questions, Thoughts, etc.”, and now it is Brain worms. It is basically just a place for me to collect all the “random” things that crawl around in my head from day to day. Some of the quotes are from my head, but I am sure most are not. The questions more than likely spawned within my mind. The thoughts are supposedly my own, however I wouldn’t be surprised if my subconscious appropriated them from their rightful owner. I will attribute credit where I can, but many of the origins elude me. I collected these over years of listening, reading, exploring and thinking. They are words that have inspired me or caused me to think. Sometimes they were just curious things I found interesting, if only for a moment. All of them have meaning to those who find it.

  • Through time, even rock flows as water.

  • Can a robust process replace talent, skill and/or experience? If not outright, to what degree?

  • Do all young people make the same mistakes they were warned about? If so, do the warnings help? I think they do…but it would be easier if we could just learn from the warning.

  • 26Oct24

    • If your input is random, chaos will be your output.

    • The results of your life are a reflection of what you put into it.

    • Don’t abandon the system, adjust it. When things get tough that is when you need processes the most. Your first few attempts at building a good system or process won’t work, you have to stick with them and adjust them so they do.

  • 2Nov24

    • A process that works only under ideal circumstances is not a good process. Adjust it.

  • It's not about staying focused on your goal, that will derail you. It's about staying focused on the process that will achieve that goal.

  • If you are in a room full of experts on influencing or sales, are the principles then less effective? Kind of like what Syndrome said, “When everybody’s super, no one will be.”?

  • You have to start with the end in mind, and your first iteration has to be much closer to current state than future state if you want it to take hold and be effective. Do this multiple times and make small improvements that will end up at the future state, rather than simply trying to adjust to future state right away. It is okay to adjust the end goal as long as you aren't changing it to avoid solving problems.

  • Capability and stability over efficiency. You can buy so much more time with a slower capable process over a fast unstable one.

  • Having rules you don’t enforce can be far worse than not having rules.

  • Beware of scope creep. Over time you will slowly add to your daily list because you are doing so well. That is when you will be trying to do too much and fail.