You can plan a pretty picnic, but you can’t predict the weather. — Outkast, Ms. Jackson (2000) The operative word in the title is plan. Don’t do a heist. If you need further persuading, watch the ending of Dog Day Afternoon. Besides, you can get much more money from bankers if you give them a colorful PowerPoint presentation. A … Continue reading Why You Should Plan a Heist
The world never tells you that you’re wrong; it only gives you outcomes. — Shane Parrish, Farnam Street Kierkegaard, in Either/Or, makes fun of the “busy man” for whom busyness is a way of avoiding an honest self-reckoning. You might wake up in the night and realise that you’re lonely in your marriage, or that you need … Continue reading An Alternative to New Year’s Resolutions
Got a truck full of dope, plug on the cokeRenzel done came up, prosecutors want to knowIs everything dope? Is everything dope?How does everything go? — Rick Ross, D.O.P.E. (2015) Mechanism (mek–uh-niz-uh m) noun1. an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage2. the agency or means by which … Continue reading How Kim Kardashian Got Famous: A Way to Think About Almost Everything
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