I.x Quotes

I poured my soul into the dust by loving a man who was soon to die, as if he would live forever.

quod defles, illud amasti.

hic sacra domus carique penates, hic mihi Roma fuit.

I  x lay down and slept;         I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.

But you, O LORD, are  r a shield  s about me,         my glory, and  t the lifter of my head. 4    I  u cried aloud to the LORD,         and he  v answered me from his  w holy hill. Selah     5 I  x lay down and slept;         I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. 6    I  y will not be afraid of

Sagesse (I,X) Non. Il fut gallican, ce siècle, et janséniste ! C'est vers le Moyen Age énorme et délicat Qu'il faudrait que mon cœur en panne naviguât, Loin de nos jours d'esprit charnel et de chair triste. Roi, politicien, moine, artisan, chimiste, Architecte, soldat, médecin, avocat, Quel temps ! Oui, que mon cœur naufragé rembarquât Pour toute cette force ardente, souple, artiste ! Et là que j'eusse part - quelconque, chez les rois Ou bien ailleurs, n'importe, - à la chose vitale, Et que je fusse un saint, actes bons, pensers droits, Haute théologie et solide morale, Guidé par la folie unique de la Croix Sur tes ailes de pierre, ô folle Cathédrale !

I x-ray sentences; I claw away a paragraph and reshape it as carefully as I can, and test it again, and peer into the pages to see if things in there are any clearer, any more resolved. Often they are not. But to write a story is to inch backward and forward along a series of planks you are cantilevering out into the darkness, plank by plank, inch by inch, and the best you can hope is that each day you find yourself a little bit farther out over the abyss.

And I come to the fields and spacious palaces of my memory, where are the treasures of innumerable images, brought into it from things of all sorts perceived by the senses … Great is the power of memory, a fearful thing, O my God, a deep and boundless manifoldness; and this thing is the mind, and this am I myself … I will pass even beyond this power of mine which is called memory: yea, I will pass beyond it, that I may approach unto Thee, O sweet Light … Where then did I find Thee, that I might learn Thee? For in my memory Thou wert not, before I learned Thee. Where then did I find Thee, that I might learn Thee, but in Thee above me? Place there is none; we go backward and forward, and there is no place. Everywhere, O Truth, dost Thou give … all who ask counsel of Thee, from “Book X

Was ich sehen kann, kann ich auch erreichen!

c e , I treat " c o m m u n i s m" as a t a g for s i x featur e s o f o u r c urre n t s e ttin g : 1 . A s pe cific i m ag e o f t h e So v i e t U ni o n a n d i t s c o ll ap s e; 2 . A pre s e n t , i n c re a s ingly p owe 1ful force ; 3 . T h e s o ve r e i g n t y o f t h e p e o p l e ; 4. T h e c ommo n a n d t h e c ommo n s ; 5 . T h e egalit arian a n d u n i ve rs al i s t d e s i re t h a t c uts through t h e c i rc uits and practic e s i n whi c h we are t rapp e d ; 6 . T h e p arty.

MICROMANAGERS manage every detail in a way that creates dependence on the leader and their presence for the organization to perform. INVESTORS give other people the investment and ownership they need to produce results independent of the leader. The Three Practices of the Investor 1. Define Ownership Name the lead Give ownership for the end goal Stretch the role 2. Invest Resources Teach and coach Provide backup 3. Hold People Accountable Give it back Expect complete work Respect natural consequences Make the scoreboard visible Becoming an Investor 1. Let them know who is boss 2. Let nature take its course 3. Ask for the F-I-X 4. Hand back the pen Unexpected Findings 1. Multipliers do get involved in the operational details, but they keep the ownership with other people. 2. Multipliers are rated 42% higher at delivering world-class results than their Diminisher counterparts.3