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We recently did some team training where they said “you haven’t joined a meeting until you’ve spoken” and suggested check-ins for every meeting.
Hughes Johnson’s suggestion is start with maybe just one word on how you are feeling, and then also end with a checkout, for example, are you happy with the decision we took?
It is also notable that the Feynman lectures (3 volumes) write about all of physics in 1800 pages, using only 2 levels of hierarchical headings: chapters and A-level heads in the text.
It also uses the methodology of *sentences* which then cumulate sequentially into *paragraphs*, rather than the grunts of bullet points. Undergraduate Caltech physics is very complicated material, but it didn't require an elaborate hierarchy to organize.
A useful decision rule in thinking and showing is "What would Feynman do?"
Book design: advice and examples
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While Schumer and other Democratic leaders sat on the sidelines — shockingly, even after the primary — Mayor-elect Mamdani proved that fighting for working families, not billionaire donors, motivates voters and wins elections. Across the country, ambitious plans are driving high turnout and big wins. Democrats are finally seeing their approval ratings rise when they stand united against Republican budgets that would let catastrophic healthcare price hikes hit more than 22 million Americans.
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