Reflective Ramblings

In pic : Windton Churchill laying bricks, being productive and beating depression at the same time. BANG!!      Winston Churchill fought his depression with bricks. He'd lay them for hours at his country home in Kent. He joined the bricklayers' union. And in 1921 he wrote about why it worked. It took psychology another 75 years to catch up.      He called his depression the "Black Dog." It followed him for decades. His method for fighting it back was as basic as it sounds: laying brick after brick, hour after hour.      Churchill spelled out his theory in a long essay for The Strand Magazine. People who think for a living, he wrote, can't fix a tired brain just by resting it. They have to use a different part of themselves. The part that moves the eyes and the hands. Woodworking, chemistry, bookbinding, bricklaying, painting. Anything that drags the body into a problem the mind can't solve by itself.      Modern p...

Below : Apple Employee's Badge from 2004   The points are : Let go of the old, make the most of the future Always tell the truth, we want to hear the bad news sooner than later The highest level of integrity is expected, when in doubt, ask Learn to be a good businessperson, not just a good salesperson Everyone sweeps the floor Be professional in your style, speech and follow-up Listen to the customer, they almost always get it Create win/win relationships with our partners Look out for each other, sharing information is a good thing Don’t take yourself too seriously Have fun, otherwise it’s not worth it   On the authenticity, Chatgpt says : Yes — these are widely known as Apple’s internal business conduct principles , often attributed to early cultural guidelines at Apple Inc. . They’re sometimes referred to informally as “Apple’s Business Conduct” or “Apple Core Values” , and they’ve circulated in various forms over the years (especially from the era influ...