The Spike Strategy: Why Well-Rounded People Fail.
The modern education system is designed to produce spheres. A sphere is “Well-Rounded.” It has no sharp edges. It rolls easily into any slot. Corporate HR loves spheres. “He is
The modern education system is designed to produce spheres. A sphere is “Well-Rounded.” It has no sharp edges. It rolls easily into any slot. Corporate HR loves spheres. “He is
There is a metric that predicts success with 90% accuracy. It is not IQ. It is not capital. It is not “passion.” It is Latency. What is Latency? Latency is
There is a psychological rule that governs all relationships (Business and Personal): In the absence of data, the human brain hallucinates the worst-case scenario. This is The Vacuum Law. If
We are trained to wait. School: “Don’t speak until you raise your hand.” College: “Don’t study X until you have the prerequisite Y.” Corporate: “Don’t launch the project until the
We are raised in a factory system. School: Sit still. Raise your hand. Memorize the answer. (Reward = Grades). Corporate: Follow the SOP. Hit the KPI. Don’t rock the boat.
“I am not a Project Manager.” Yes, you are. You are just a bad one. If you have ever planned a wedding, moved houses, or tried to lose 20lbs, you
Creativity is an act of exposure. Every time you commit code, hit “Publish,” or launch a product, you are handing the world a stick to beat you with. The natural
Why is air travel the safest form of transport? Because every plane carries a Black Box (Flight Data Recorder). When a plane crashes, the industry doesn’t say, “It was bad
We track every variable in business: Cash flow, inventory, churn. But we ignore the most volatile variable of all: The Founder’s Nervous System. The Biology of Leadership Humans are open-loop