#Good Enough: Challenging the Tyranny of Excellence

dreams are madness waiting for a sane explanation

Every night we surrender consciousness and enter a state dangerously close to the one we fear most. Dreams might be what keeps our search for meaning alive when we're in no condition to pursue it. An …

the useful uselessness·Mar 8·26 min read

“‘nothing’ usually means ‘something,’(…). It’s also easy to see ‘nothing’ as the opposite of ‘everything’, and that adds little to our understanding. After all, no-thing can be anything. Another use for ‘nothing’ is when we want to categorize effort or an event as having little importance: ‘It was nothing,’ we say. In any case, it’s wonderful how we can generally understand each other regarding ‘nothing,’ with little effort.”_piece by Manfred Kets de Vries_Interlude: before understanding houseofbeautifulbusiness.com/thedream

relational sustainability: the footprint we leave in people

We measure our carbon footprint. But what about the footprint we leave in people?

the useful uselessness·Jan 31·11 min read

For a New Definition of ‘Work’Good Enough: Challenging the Tyranny of Excellence On the Beauty of Distraction The Conversations of Lovers and Teams