by Patrick Rhone, Master Generalist
We’re encouraging all our beloved friends, fans, and family to listen to all of our upcoming music on Bandcamp! For those of you who might not know yet, Bandcamp has banned AI music and has been keeping artists at the center of their platform for a long time now (unlike…well, most other streaming platforms 🫠).
One of my favorite bands has released a new song!
Lovely people, beautiful voices in harmony, full of love and joy and all the things you need right now.
I figured that, so long as I didn’t eat up too much of his morning time, I could expand my queries beyond the sartorial. Money, local personalities, the proper way to gain respect (“competence is a great long-term attractor”), I would just pepper him with questions over early morning black coffees.
Yet, I never called him a mentor until years later. I never uttered the question, “would you be my mentor?” or anything like that.
In line with my thoughts on mentors.
Mentors don’t have to know they are your mentors. You don’t have to let them know, either. Just let them mentor.
Inbox Zero.
A Productive Conversation | PM Talks S3E1: Honesty
We talk about honesty not as a moral stance, but as a practical one—especially when it comes to time, commitments, and the stories we tell ourselves about why things don’t happen. January has a way of inviting big intentions, and this discussion is a timely reminder that clarity begins with truth.
My regular podcast guest stint with Mike Vardy is now posted. If you listen to any of them, listen to this one. Because the worst lies you regularly tell are likely to yourself.
Get to know the 2×2 Matrix
The 2×2 matrix, two axes (one vertical and one horizontal) creating four quadrants, is the most straightforward and most powerful tool for decision-making and prioritization.
Today is apparently National Clean Off Your Desk Day.
I have a pretty packed day today but will put this on the calendar for tomorrow.
Update on Lucio: He has a wife who is 5 months pregnant at home. She was contacted about what happened. Immigrant rights groups/attorneys have his info. He’s likely already been disappeared into the detention system or deported. Who knows if he’ll see his child born… So angering and heartbreaking.
Kurt gets to cleaning out the closets
If in my last post one were to replace the word “ICE” with “SS” and an obviously Jewish name with an obviously Latino one and imagined him being put on a train instead of a plane…
There is no difference.
Think on that.
We all imagined what we would have done if we lived there then.
We live there now.
I watched a young man get snatched by ICE outside yoga this morning. I filmed the whole thing.
His name is Lucio Fabian Navos Nietos.
I know this because they just left his passport and all other identification in his car. And left his car.
They don’t care who he is. They will deport him anyway.