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We chose to use email because it was a rational solution to the need for practical asynchronous communication in large offices. The hyperactive hive mind, in some sense, subsequently chose us once this tool had spread, at which point we seemed to have all looked up from our newly empowered inboxes, shrugged, and quipped: “I guess this is how we work now.”
A World Without Email
Cal Newport
I’ve told the story of Nate and me to young coaches. It’s funny. It’s entertaining. Everybody gets a kick out of it. Two guys in a basement, pizza boxes strewn all over, imagining game scenarios while scribbling all over whiteboards. It’s the hoops version of that movie A Beautiful Mind. But instead of brilliant mathematical equations, we’re drawing up sideline out-of-bounds plays. But here’s the thing. When I talk about how we made a spreadsheet of all the stuff we put on the dry-erase boards, I get asked by young coaches: Can we have that? They want the work product without doing the work. And I say, no, you’re missing the whole damn point. You have to do it yourself.
Rapture
Nick Nurse and Phil Jackson
Practicing slowly enough to avoid mistakes is probably the single most difficult thing for beginners to do. It can be a challenge for more seasoned players as well. I’m a long way from a beginner and I still have to remind myself to slow down when I practice. How do I know? That’s easy. If I’m making any mistakes at all, I’m going too fast.
The Practice of Practice
Jonathan Harnum
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