'Podcast' by Damola

One of the principles I follow is to write long and publish short. Read the post at www.bydamo.la/wlps This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

In her song titled Questions, one of my favourite singers, Aṣa asks “Why do people believe things they know aren’t true?”. My friend, Derek Sivers, has the perfect answer to Aṣa’s question. The short version? Because it’s useful for them. Read the full post at: www.bydamo.la/useful This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, v...

Here are seven little ideas and stories I want to be reminded of today. Read the post at www.bydamo.la/slis This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

Many ills in life can be traced to the failure to do this. When you respect yourself, you treat yourself with unconditional love and care, you value the depth of what you don’t know, and refuse to be fooled by what you know. Read the transcript at www.bydamo.la/respect This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.byda...

Many ills in life can be traced to the failure to do this. When you respect yourself, you treat yourself with unconditional love and care, you value the depth of what you don’t know, and refuse to be fooled by what you know. Read the transcript at www.bydamo.la/respect This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.byda...

This platform will host read aloud lessons from the byDamo.la blog, and when the time comes. wisdom, ideas and stories from conversations with people I'm curious about. This is another excuse to follow my curiosity and see where it leads. I hope some of them will be useful for you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, v...

We shouldn't confuse progress for human flourishing. We shouldn't confuse drug discovery with wholesome healing. We shouldn't confuse instant connectivity with meaningful and deep connection. We shouldn't confuse access with trust and what empathy creates. We shouldn't confuse making things easier with making them better. We've become more connected than ever before, and more distant from one anot...

Once the blame is passed on, what exactly does it do to solve the problem at hand? Unlike blame, responsibility works differently. Read along at www.bydamo.la/neverblame This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

Why the last respect we can give anyone is to either acknowledge or respect their values. Or both. Read along at www.bydamo.la/lr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

The past is the past. We can be grateful it happened. More than that, we can be grateful we all built on it to be where we are today. The job of the past is to become something that can be built upon. And that job is long done. Read along at www.bydamo.la/goodold This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

Most people talk to fill silence. Don't be most people . Talk to create meaning. Convert your words into forms you find useful. Audio, text, signwriting, visuals or video. Translate across languages and contexts. Human history has a collection of moments where talking moved us forward. We still do today; we talk ourselves into taking action that move us forward. Talking is no substitute for taking...

The flaws in your art . The near-perfect, but not perfect contribution you make. We do great work because of our imperfection, not in spite of it. Read more about the 'bug' that unites us at www.bydamo.la/notbug This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

Systems last because they lean into insatiable desires. For many systems, this is not intended. It's an observation after the fact. But what if we can be intentional in our design of the systems we want to be part of? Read along at www.bydamo.la/systems This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

Everywhere you look, you’ll find art. If you choose to. Some beautiful. Some mundane. Some well-thought out, some haphazard. Some celebrated. Some unknown and unknowable. Some, capable of transforming how we appreciate the world we see. And some reminding us of our deepest secrets and desires. Read along at www.bydamo.la/arteverything This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this wit...

Honouring the wishes of the dead has been a long-lasting part of the human culture. Even when those wishes don't make sense. Love trumps fear. Creating a family culture that focuses on what truly matters is better than leaving things to chance. The way appears where there is a will. No pun intended, but that's true in both ways. Read along at www.bydamo.la/will This is a public episode. If you wou...

List three things you did last week that didn’t work. List three thoughts you had last week that seem embarrassing, but may make the lives of those you serve better if it works. List three things you tried last week that shouldn’t work, but did. List three things you tried last week that, as expected, worked. The last one is what most organisations request in meetings and reports. A retell of what...

Meucci error is when a project fails because you didn’t dedicate enough resource to it. You knew what you had to do, but either didn’t or couldn’t do it. On the other end, death by sunk cost is when you decide to withdraw further resource from a project. In both cases, the project doesn't get further resources. The first isn’t due to a decision you consciously made. But the second is up to you. Le...

No one should define how you define being dignified. Not popular culture. Not the other guy. And definitely not strangers you may never meet. Read at www.bydamo.la/undignified This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

It’s in the nature of facts to change, in response to what’s really true. Makes me wonder why we spend more so much time on one and not enough on the other. Read at www.bydamo.la/facts This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

You've been invited to participate in this auction. You may not know when you accept the invitation, but your joy is an item for auction. All it takes for the bidding to start is for you to decide who the lowest bidder is. Read the piece at www.bydamo.la/joy4sale This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

Sadly, the art of postponing living has been well mastered. Like all skills, it can also be unlearned. Read the piece at www.bydamo.la/pliving This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bydamo.la

If it can only be done by you, for yourself, it is essential. For it to work, no one can else do it for you. No one can breathe on your behalf. No one can nurture your trust in love, your embrace of acceptance, your walk in kindness. No one can find and experience rest for you. Neither can they sleep on your behalf. No one can choose what kind of life you should live. They can set the scene, put i...

I was recently reading about John Bragg's philosophy to business, especially how he prioritises family and community wellbeing. But stumbled on something entirely different. John Bragg explains, “Bees are the business’s biggest input cost.... Without bees, your yield per acre is a thousand pounds of wild blueberries; with bees it jumps to eight thousand pounds.” That's a great deal of difference i...

And there’s no going back. If you asked anyone a few years ago to describe what mediocre work looks like, there is a fair chance they’ll paint a vivid picture for you to taste. And they’ll do this at one glance. Today? Not sure. AI has successfully improved the quality of what’s considered mediocre. For writing and all things text, it’s no longer about typos and bad patterns. That is covered for y...

Those words blur how we see reality.  It no longer matters what shouldn't have or should have happened. Or what could have or couldn't have happened. What matters right now is what the undeniable reality is. When we strip those words off our lens, we increase our chances of seeing what is right here, in front of us. As I've written before , one of the best gifts we can give ourself is see reality...