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Process

“If you cannot be completely honest, you cannot fix anything, and you will never make anything good.”

– Chamath Palihapitiya – Venture capitalist

Working together

Life is too short for corporate jargon and consultant process diagrams, most of which are the same 4 steps you use to solve problems in your own world.

On Nantucket Island, the people involved are what make the process work well, or go sideways off the rails.

Islands have limited resources and islanders have long memories, which creates a self-regulating ecosystem based on respect, competence and hard work.

Investigate

Find the actual problem:

The root cause
behind the symptoms

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait

Agree on objective reality

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Administrate

What we can do
to permanently fix it

Agree on the solution

Do what we say we’ll do

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Iterate

Communicate.

Adjust to circumstances.

Keep calm and carry on.

Be cool as conditions change

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Automate


So life is simpler and better

for both of us in the future

With what we can still control

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After thousands of projects, it’s best to work with those who can collaborate simply, efficiently, professionally and drama-free.

This means we work with people who deal with objective reality, working together to manage tasks and problems in the present, for mutually beneficial solutions in the future.

If you consider projects in your own life, you inherently understand why you avoid working with people who manipulate circumstances based on subjective feelings, corporate BS, politics or low character.

I work with people who understand responsibility and accountability in a mutual process, ensuring that we’re all working together for a positive outcome.

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“If everybody likes you, you’re doing something wrong.”

– Reverend Ted Anderson (1931-2025) – Nantucket’s beloved minister who performed close to 2000 weddings.

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Purpose

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To laugh often and much.
To win the respect of intelligent people.
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
And endure the betrayal of false friends.
To appreciate the beauty.
To find the best in others.
To leave the world a bit better,
Whether by a healthy child,
A garden patch,
Or a redeemed social condition.
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait

Ralph Waldo Emerson: American essayist & philosopher