Island in the Net by Khürt Williams
Technology and Photography Musings. Established circa 2000.
The race to the top makes more sense to me. The race to the top is focused on design and respect and dignity and guts and innovation and sustainability and yes, generosity when it might be easier to be selfish. It's also risky, filled with difficult technical and emotional hurdles, and requires patience and effort and insight. The race to the top is the long-term path with the desirable outcome.
I love the way this man thinks.
Caring, it turns out, is a competitive advantage, and one that takes effort, not money. Like most things that are worth doing, it’s not easy at first and the one who cares isn’t going to get a standing ovation from those that are merely phoning it in. I think it’s this lack of early positive feedback that makes caring in service businesses so rare.
The reason is simple: you don't want to get more done.
You're afraid. Getting more done would mean exposing yourself to considerable risk, to crossing bridges, to put things into the world. Which means failure.
