> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://makoism.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Your Move Chief - URL: https://makoism.com/your-move-chief/ - Published: 2021-05-29T11:09:07.000Z - Updated: 2021-05-29T11:09:07.000Z - Description: "You don’t have the faintest idea what you’re talking about." - Sean Maguire, Good Will Hunting - Author: Steve Makofsky - Tags: makoism, #newsletter-makoism, #substack ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/8f/618f2076-e6a0-40dc-8037-06080661dee7/content/images/public/images/f924d641-6fe1-4e98-9a99-cdfff496c6b7_4032x3024.jpeg) **I don't know the reason**; perhaps it's from having a year+ of being penned up in a home office in front of non-stop Zoom calls sitting in the same office chair. Or maybe the terror of turning 50 last month. Or maybe it's some form of self-therapy while coming to grips with the reality that I've had two scary health incidents in under 20 months. Whatever the reason may be, I've been thinking a lot lately about **experiences** you go through; what shapes a person's journey through life, how it molds perspective, how they can ground you to the things that really matter. **How real experiences makes you a better storyteller and leader**. I went down this rabbit hole when I ran across this monologue from [Good Will Hunting](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/). I started to reflect on my own experiences (another sign of age) and how they've shaped the "**core**" things in my life. One example I pull from is from 1997 - I became captivated by the amazing account of the [Everest disaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%5FMount%5FEverest%5Fdisaster) from [Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air](https://www.amazon.com/Into-Thin-Air-Personal-Disaster/dp/0385494785). > *"This forms the nub of a dilemma that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you're too driven you're likely to die."* and > *"With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill," Hall observed. "The trick is to get back down alive."* While most people would be satisfied with **just reading about it**, something in me just **drew** me there. I had to go and see the mountain with my own eyes. Feel the ground beneath my feet. Breathe that air. I wanted to understand it all. Now - getting to the top wasn't something I was interested in at all, but I wanted **context** to the experience. Finally in 2001, I was fortunate enough to make it a reality when I went for a 22-day trek in the Himalayas to basecamp. **The experience: life and perspective altering.** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/8f/618f2076-e6a0-40dc-8037-06080661dee7/content/images/public/images/dc24aff8-a82c-4740-a67c-4c804474dff1_1460x973.jpeg) "not everything about life can be learned from books" I guess where I'm going this week - is to simply get out there and experience things. Live them. Not through the lens of a book or your phone - but really experience them. It makes all the difference. If you're interested in my daily ramblings, follow me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/smakofsky) or [my posts on this blog](https://makoism.com/). ## Forward Thinking In a watch that's **laugh out loud** from 1984, watch "*How to send an international 'E mail'*" staring [Tony Bastable](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jun/05/broadcasting.guardianobituaries). An early look at portable computing, an acoustic coupler, and a train. What a far way we have come in such a short period of time. ## **Latest obsession** For both my M1 MacBook Air, and the M1 iPad Pro, I've come to love these [USB-C right/angle cables from Fasgear](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FY1S99B/). ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/8f/618f2076-e6a0-40dc-8037-06080661dee7/content/images/public/images/5651cdd9-8e58-42ff-9375-4c1fb19171ac_500x500.jpeg) Outside of being durable, super fast, and having 100 watts power, the added bonus of right-angle plugs allows them to look nice on the desk. I've bought both the 3ft and 6ft variants for my EDC bags. ## This weeks "Deep Links" Here's a few of the articles and videos that resonated with me over the last week: - "**Why workers are calling BS on leaders about returning to the office**" examines the moment-by-moment changing perspective on what a 'return to the office' looks like from companies. I think the combination of "broken remote-work promises" along with the challenges companies will face with other companies now allowing people to work "wherever" will change the landscape of the digital workforce forever - [More](https://www.fastcompany.com/90639348/why-workers-are-calling-bs-on-leaders-about-returning-to-the-office) - In the most 2020/2021 post of the week, "**'The Shining' The Musical: A Disorienting Nightmare of a Film Slips into the Absurd**" reimagines the film as a musical. "*Just imagine for a second if in the midst of Jack Torrance slowly going insane, the spiral was amplified with a jaunty song, a little dance, perhaps*". Brilliant. - [More](https://filmschoolrejects.com/shining-musical-disorienting-nightmare-film-slips-absurd/) - '*Let's not blame a person, but here's the person to blame*' examines the Salesforce [incident](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000358392&mode=1&type=1) from May. "**Subverting the process**" dives into the nitty gritty of the whole incident - [More](https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2021/05/25/subverting-the-process/) - "**Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, 'Because I Can'**", looks at the "*Yurchenko double pike*", a vault "*so dangerous that no other women even attempt it*". - [More](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/sports/olympics/simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike.html) - This one is just wrong; "**Yearbook Photos of Girls Were Altered to Hide More of Their Chests**" shows that a high school in St. Johns County, Fl digitally edited students photos with clumsy alternations that "added a black bar had been cover more of her chest" - [More](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/23/us/yearbook-photos-st-johns-girls-altering.html) - "**The Tragic Final Days Of My Neighborhood RadioShack**" is a look at one of the once-popular chain's last stores being liquidated - [More](https://www.fastcompany.com/3044213/the-tragic-final-days-of-my-neighborhood-radioshack) - I was bummed to see a post on "**The Content Diet**" disappear (maybe it's a glitch so maintaining the link for now), but it was a great review on how consuming different things during the day **affects what one does** in that specific day. The primary theme was "**monitor your inputs and note how these inputs affect your outputs**", a method that resonates very well with the "*you get out of things what you put into them*" mindset - [More](https://noteable.substack.com/p/the-content-diet) - "**Morning Pages**" are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, that are done first thing in the morning; the idea is that its the foundational tool for creative discovery - [More](https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/) - *Hopelessness explored*, is the central theme of "**The Timeless Nihilism of the David Fincher Film 'Seven'**". A wonderful retrospective of director David Fincher's effort '*not trying to sugar coat life, choosing instead to depict the harsh cruelty of humanity and the cycle of violence it perpetuates*'. - [More](https://filmschoolrejects.com/timeless-nihilism-of-se7en/) - "**When to Say 'Yes' and When to Say 'No'**" explores the art of saying 'yes' **until you have** to say 'no' and how this can cause some individuals to turn into people-pleasers - [More](https://markmanson.net/newsletters/mindfck-monday-83) - In "**Why mentorship matters**", a discussion on the "*four types of mentors*" and what situations are the most applicable for them. - [More](https://blog.mindthebeet.com/p/why-mentorship-matters) ## **Fin** Wrapping up this week with a recent interview and retrospective with [Tom Hiddleston](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089991/) on **10 years of Loki**. While I've enjoyed the other [Disney+ Marvel series](https://www.disneyplus.com/brand/marvel), I've been really waiting for the [upcoming Loki series](https://www.disneyplus.com/series/loki/6pARMvILBGzF), starting on June 9th.