Devon Akmon

Reflections on life and work by Devon Akmon.

Category: Inspiration

Chang on Risk

We’re trying to succeed; we’re okay with failure. We just don’t want to land in between. David Chang. Source: WSJ.

Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

Go All In

“Life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in?” – Joe Simpson, mountaineer and author of Touching the Void

Security is Mostly a Superstition

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

Pushing the Limits

Several years back, Dharma and I took sailing classes in Lansing, MI. While there were a few instructors leading the course, our favorite was a German (madman!) named Uwe. He used to always scream, “Push zee limits!” I think what Uwe was trying to tell us is best articulated by ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes: “If you [...]

Malcolm

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