Andrew Clark

[...] And Death took her up like a baby, And she lay in his icy arms, But she didn’t feel no chill. And death began to ride again— Up beyond the evening star, Into the glittering light of glory, On to the Great White Throne. And there he laid Sister Caroline On the loving breast of Jesus. And Jesus took his own hand and wiped away her tears, And he smoothed the furrows from her face, And the angels sang a little song, And Jesus rocked her in his arms, And kept a-saying: Take your rest, Take your rest.

Bittersweet day to no longer say, "Happy Birthday, Mom" ... "Weep not, weep not, She is not dead; She’s resting in the bosom of Jesus. Heart-broken husband—weep no more; Grief-stricken son—weep no more; Left-lonesome daughter—weep no more; She only just gone home.

@lukeburgis @DavidBrooks224 @92ndStreetY Booked 🎟️✅

I'm excited for this conversation with @DavidBrooks224 at the @92ndStreetY in NYC on June 15, the evening before the launch of my upcoming book, "The One and the Ninety-Nine"—I hope to see many of you there! Reserve your ticket: 92ny.org/event/luke-bur… "Join bestselling author Luke Burgis with New York Times columnist David Brooks for a conversation about the line between selfhood and crowd, reclaiming a common identity — and his new book, The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion. In The One and the Ninety-Nine, Luke Burgis asks a deceptively simple question: how do we become whole in a culture that pulls us toward conformity on one side and isolation on the other? Drawing on philosophy, psychology, and his research on mimetic desire, Burgis examines how our identities are shaped — often invisibly — by the groups we inhabit. The result, he argues, is a crisis of selfhood that leaves us vulnerable to hollow forms of belonging and volatile mass movements. But there’s another path: learning to stand firmly as an individual while remaining meaningfully connected to a social whole. In a conversation with David Brooks, a keen observer of our moral and social landscape, hear Burgis in a searching discussion of the lines between individual identity and community. Together, they explore what it takes to live with integrity in an age of social contagion — and why doing so may be one of the most urgent tasks of our time."

@lukeburgis Had a convo with my wife about this yesterday and TW sparked it. Very true

The sad story behind Tiger Woods latest incident is that extraordinarily wealthy people or celebrities never know who is a real friend—or they lose them completely—and nobody actually just tells them the truth.

@WillManidis @TrevorHightower Tough part of it is you can’t read the false positives from the true strength

you guys aren’t going to like this but the recent bout of SPVs suggests that the efficient price for underwriting and getting access to a private company is a lot higher than 2/20

“What would the praise of the world be worth when one had stood in the presence of God? The wealth of the world, what would it look like beside the treasures of heaven? Man longs for power. But what is earthly power after one has seen the reality of heaven and the power of God?” - Francis Schaeffer

@theryanjamesmil That’s when being redemptive leads to becoming restored.

One of the most dangerous traps for driven men is this idea: “If I just endure long enough, things will get better.” Endurance has its place. But leadership requires direction. This is where Grounded in Faith and Authentic in Action actually matter. Grounded in Faith means God is your source, not your spouse. Authentic in Action means truth shows up before resentment does. When those two are missing, men either shut down or blow up. Neither leads to restoration. Clarity does.

@ganeumann It’s when the real influence begins. When the ones who aren’t powerful yet get some wisdom and apply it w vigor. Like w students, the payoff is often long off.

Well, it seems the making friends and influencing the powerful phase of my life is over

Even warhorses have scars

@JeshuaTLauka @bgurley The has one I’m eager to get into

Currently listening to @bgurley

@JeshuaTLauka @FaithDrivenEnt @praxis_hq @c12forums We must scheme 😊

@candrewclark @FaithDrivenEnt @praxis_hq @c12forums Let me know the next time you are here!

No entrepreneur has to start alone. There is a gap to serving early ideation stage founders. This is why Startup Garage exists. 1st Board Meeting! Looking forward to building relationship in redemptive entrepreneurship ecosystem. @FaithDrivenEnt @praxis_hq @c12forums

@fortworthchris Don’t give full agency to 🦞 until you sandbox the machine so you don’t expose sensitive data/info.

@andymarkmann just my mac laptop and desktop. i'm still a newb.

I have officially gone down the Claude rabbit hole, and it's everything people have said it is and some. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. 🇺🇸

@fortworthchris Yep Chris. And if you want @emilyleldridge can share notes like she did 2 wks ago. I’m seeing some fun, narrow use cases in CRE & enterprise too. But they are selling my book (which I’ve no prob doing for good ppl)

@credistick Think that is William Blake painting?

One of the primary cases to be made for AI is that it will empower the individual over the organisation. The traditional structures that have scaled knowledge work will no longer be required, or at least no longer truly optimal. Investing, especially where it is most idiosyncratic, is a primary example. This may be a bitter pill for firms who have fired capital into this technology, but progress waits for no man. Welcome to the era of the solo capitalist.

@kwharrison13 Glad you are looking at this. John Eagan was another man George F admired. He started ACIPCO in Birmingham w a desire to honor ppl in dignified work. The company still thrives today. We need to highlight these types more

"The trouble with most employers is that they don't see far enough ahead. If they did, if they had real vision, they'd see that they would be better off paying good wages and helping their workers to lead normal, happy lives." (George F. Johnson)

I usually look at the how the founder applies the solution/service to the problem bc it can better speak to whether the product is being pushed on or pulled by customers. More but one way. I’ve seen this a LOT over the yrs and feel it’s more trying to get to the 2nd mile while ignoring the need to do the 1st mile first

My Technology "Anti-Evangelism" take is that since "The New Evangelization" became a Thing, the vast majority of Catholic entrepreneurs and creatives began pouring time and energy into N+1 ventures like starting podcasts, launching prayer apps, or saint paraphernalia stores instead of developing a real philosophy and theology of technology—and the real things resulting from it—that could move the needle in the broader culture. In other words, way too much focus on evangelization. I would apply this to art and literature as well. There are no more Graham Greenes because Graham Greene didn't write his novels to evangelize anyone; and yet they did, because they actually feel real.

@credistick Probably one of my favorite studies was Adam Grant years ago about how inverted U are optimal patterns in many cases, eg goldilocks. I also like how your dispersion pattern is widening with later rds. How true

Here's a simple principle that more founders and investors should understand: Funding to private companies, from inception all the way to exit, appears to have a convex relationship with success. Too much, or too little, is dangerous. There is an appropriate amount of funding to achieve the greatest chance of success, determined by a coherent strategy to hit staged risk milestones.

@drgurner Yes! Diff between 90% and 98%-tile.

Most people think the gap between "Good" & "Great" is just a small amount. It is actually an ocean of difference. Once you see it, you'll remember it forever.