All long-term value is built from the follow-through part of short-term habits. Follow-through as in golf swings not as in delivering on commitments. It’s respecting the momentum of every atomic action that produces natural “extra” effects relative to immediate needs.
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Writing up notes after meetings is one of the very few I’ve managed to stick to. Brief cues during, detailed notes after, review before next meeting. Turns a staccato thread of though with lots of rework/redundancy into a smooth stream.
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When it works well, clients don’t actually notice. It just looks like I’m on the ball, keeping up with situation and maintaining state. I send them the notes, which they like, but many don’t appreciate this particular effect. It’s only when thread breaks that it’s noticeable.
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(Which is rare... I’m occassionally late, but almost never skip) Playing with gears again after a long time, it strikes me that involute gear tooth profiles are all about follow-through and smoothness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involute
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Unlike primitive gears, involute profiles maintain continuous contact between 2 gear tooth faces and allow next tooth to pick up where previous tooth leaves off. That’s why well-designed gears can be very quiet compared to noisy primitive ones.pic.twitter.com/x2tk8kNv2G
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Huygens described them in his description of the pendulum clock but I suspect they were around before. Their artisan description — unwrapping path of the end of a taut string wrapped around a cylinder — sounds like something that would have been discovered before mathematization
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Anyhow, kinda interesting that my new clockmaker activities are leading to new perspectives on consulting habits. Pay attention to follow-through. Develop involute-profile work habits. And golf swings, so play habits too. Let each action smoothly set up the next.
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Unexpected side benefit of this thread is I have now discovered gear nerd twitter
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Replying to @vgr
Ah, boy, someone who doesn't seem to know anything about the Gear Wars. Let me tell you....
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