Success, failure, and crisis....
Success makes rational decision-making easy. You have time and space. You have perspective. You have clarity [see photo]. Failure makes...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 19, 20202 min read
Learn to be frugal: Lesson #1
Newminimalists are learning to be frugal Newminimalism is a state of mind which I invented around 6 years ago. The essence of this...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 18, 20203 min read
The new organisation....
In the late C19th the blacksmith, tailor, leather tanner, coach builder, etc were all bit players at the centre of a cluster of...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 17, 20202 min read
Winners are few: losers are many....
We live in a world where winners are opaque [see photo]. Meanwhile. Losers are many and as a class of humans are expanding quickly. In...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Time is an illusion.....
When did you realise time is an illusion?. Arlo Guthrie is here to illustrate the power of time as an illusion. See...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 15, 20202 min read
The hope paradox....
I have a negative view of hope because I have such a positive view of purpose. A key reason I invented a new version of minimalism is...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 14, 20201 min read
Abolish your HR department...
HR departments promote diversity, inclusion, and equity [equal outcomes] as an imperative in the workplace [see photo]. In common...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 13, 20201 min read
Are you prepared to be ruthless?
The covid crisis must be used to teach us to be ruthless [see photo]. However the ruthless people today are focussed on destroying what...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 12, 20202 min read
Success....
The most paradoxical times in my life have always arrived in the moment just after a great success [see photo]. In my moment of triumph I...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 11, 20201 min read
Obsess over small things....
Not many people have an ability to imagine, design, curate, or divine a big picture change. You would not know that by the claims of...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 10, 20203 min read
Claire Williams says "goodbye"....
Claire Williams is leaving her father's F1 team. This is a good thing for the team and for the sport of F1 racing. The reason is simple:...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 9, 20202 min read
The future is here....
The people who got us to this current future are the people who believe in "more of the same" [see photo]. These people are doing the...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 8, 20201 min read
A plague of incompetence ....
There have never been more mediocre and incompetent people in charge of you and me. Under the cover of a global viral pandemic the most...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 7, 20201 min read
Trust networks....
Trust networks are built through cooperation. Cooperation is achieved by individuals who trust each other. However. Trust is an ephemeral...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 6, 20202 min read
Wants define them: needs define you.
The collective wants of the tribes shape the life of those who are caught up in the culture wars that rages around the globe today. These...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 5, 20201 min read
Your silence is truly deafening....
If you are one of the demonstrators on the streets of your community or on social media then this riff is not for you. However. If you...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 4, 20202 min read
When will this "madness" end?
As individuals we can all hide behind the fact that the "madness" that has swept the world is on "them". But. The truth is the only one...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 3, 20203 min read
Managing through a crisis...
"Houston we have had a problem"... When the folks at Mission Control heard that call for help from the Apollo 13 crew everything stop, a...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 2, 20201 min read
Lockdowns fail: extend lockdowns.....
The focus of the lockdowns was not on the Covid-19 virus but on people. Lockdown the people and let the virus run free. Lockdowns are...
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Richard Lipscombe
Sep 1, 20202 min read
What is progress?
Lately I have thought some about what represents progress for humans [see photo]. For this month of September 2020 I have settled on the...
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