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The Sounds That Still Echo From 9/11 - a beautiful article by @peggynoonan written 20 years ago. wsj.com/articles/SB115774704… via @WSJ
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“Ask yourself who you’d want to spend the last day of your life with and then meet with them as often as you can.”
~ Warren Buffett
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These two photographs are separated by only 66 years.
ALT Top (17 December 1903) – The Wright brothers’ first successful flight of the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Bottom (20 July 1969) – Astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing beside the U.S. flag on the lunar surface during an Apollo 11 EVA.
The first rule of Thanksgiving Family Touch Football is: Stay out of the ER. The second rule is: read @JasonGay’s annual touch football rules column, now onto its 14th edition: wsj.com/sports/football/than… via @WSJ
"“When we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection – or compassionate action.” - Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence
Unemployment ticked up to 3.9% but marks 22 consecutive months under 4%. March payrolls revised down by 20,000. 62.7% labor participation- holding steady.
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Frank Slootman is retiring as CEO of Snowflake. He grew the business from $4B to $75B in 5 years.
Our conversation with him is one of our favorites. Here’s a taste of why and what makes him special:
1. I have never been too early to fire people. I have been too late.
2. Narrow the focus. If you have 5 or 10 priorities, you have 0.
3. Put as many resources on as few things as possible.
4. Operate through influence, not rank and title. Flatten your org chart.
5. Raise the bar.
6. Confrontation is our culture. People settle for the status quo. Fight it constantly.
7. Wage war on incrementalism. Pretend you have nothing, build something dazzling.
8. Trust is everything. Show your stakeholders you have their back.
9. Interviews are overrated. Talk to everyone who has worked with a candidate before. Do your homework.
10. Your sales problem is probably a product problem.
11. Sales is a highly repeatable, scalable, predictable process.
12. If you master and control your own distribution, you become insanely powerful.
13. Growth is not a mystery, it’s mechanical.
14. Keep pushing the boundaries of how fast you can grow. Never settle for good enough.
15. Past glories are poor feeding.
16. Re-prioritize all of the time. Work on the highest value task. Complete it, move on. Build momentum.
17. Never take shortcuts.
18. Playbooks don’t work. Think for yourself and understand things as they are. Every situation is different.
19. Amp it Up.
The labor market’s steady pace in 2023, coupled with a sharp slowdown in inflation, has fueled optimism that the economy can achieve a soft landing wsj.com/economy/jobs/jobs-re… via @WSJ
Hiring slowed from earlier this year with U.S. employers adding 199,000 jobs in November. The unemployment rate fell to 3.7%. wsj.com/economy/jobs/jobs-re… via @WSJ
Unemployment rate ticks up to 3.9% with only 150k jobs created in October. September jobs number revised down by 100k. The Fed’s work appears to be taking hold.
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“Never risk what you have and need,” wrote Warren Buffett, “for what we don’t have and don’t need.”
In pursuit of our goals, we inevitably give up things that matter. We sleep less. We eat unhealthily. Don't sacrifice physical health for material wealth.
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When we created the competition “The Most Beautiful Hospitals”, we really did consider the top 20 #hospitals to all be winners!
A great example of this is @BooneMemorialWV, which is more than just a beautiful building: wsaz.com/2023/08/23/boone-me…
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White Plains Hospital has once again made @Soliant Health’s list of Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the U.S.! WPH placed #4 out of 50 hospitals nominated, receiving nearly 51,000 votes. Thank you for our support!
