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LM: #367: The trouble with “stacking bricks”
If you think of your work as a process of stacking bricks, you have some of the equation figured out.
We tend to dream up castles in the sky, and they’re rarely achieved by carving straight from the side of a mountain. More often, they’re assembled one small work at a time, building into a bigger vision.
The trouble with stacking bricks is it assumes you have a workable plan. If you just keep stacking, it will come tumbling down.
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More likely you’re collecting bricks. You stack along the way and put up a little wall here and there, notice it’s getting wobbly, then backtrack and start over.
So don’t just stack the bricks – make the bricks. Through that iterative process you’ll build some strange structures.
But once in a while, through the forces of affinity that hold this universe together, you’ll end up looking like brilliant architect.
Aphorism: “Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don’t really have any rights left.” —Marshall McLuhan
Book: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big (Amazon) is the late Dilbert creator’s guide to creating your own luck.
Best,
David
