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The Wisdom of Salt: 10 Secrets Of Leadership From A Lifetime Fisherman

  
Education, Life

SECRET 1: Productivity is simple. The art of managing people is knowing when to do push and when to do nothing. If you are in an open boat in a storm, nothing you say or do will make your deckhand bail out the water any faster. Best to sit back, hand on the tiller and enjoy watching the deckhand’s frantic efforts. Very entertaining. The fear of death creates a sharp rise in productivity.
SECRET 2: When the market is on a wild ride, let others do the panicking.

“Fishermen don’t ask for help. And if anyone offers, refuse them. But always step up when yer needed.” (P. 96)

Picture: Moby Dick, Warner Bros.
SECRET 3: Don’t owe anyone anything. You’ll have to return the favour sometime and it will probably be something you don’t want to do. However, having someone owing you is a much better idea. And helping people makes you feel good.

The best thing about Salt is that in gnarly situations he will never chuck a tantrum. Ever. That’s my job. (Sarah Drummond, P. 29) (more…)

An IBM Hard Drive Being Loaded Onto An Airplane In 1956

  
Education, Life
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This is a picture of an IBM hard drive being loaded onto an airplane in 1956. According to @HistoricalPics, which tweeted the picture, it’s a 5 mega-byte drive, and it weighed more than 2,000 pounds. 

To put that in context, 55 years later, the weakest iPhone 5S has a 16 gigabyte drive, about 3,200-times as big. And it weighs a quarter of a pound. The IBM hard drive could have stored exactly one iPhone picture, and nothing more.

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