This week we’ve got art editor Walter Liu’s final piece for County Fence’s fiftieth volume. Hope you enjoy ‘River’s Cafe.'
https://countyfencemagazine.com/rivers-cafe/
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✈️ "That restaurant in Kraków you loved, what was it called again?"
I had no idea. That bothered me more than it should have.
So I built a travel memory system that thinks while I ski. Three layers + AI backfill + automation = never losing travel gold again.
🎿 Just shipped: How I Built a Travel Memory System That Thinks While I Ski
• 3-layer notes vault (trips → cities → places)
• AI-powered backfill of decade of scattered bookings
• Morning digests that handle logistics before the kids wake up
• The GitHubby principle that changed how I capture everything
The goal isn't efficiency. It's presence.
Wishing you a peaceful Christmas filled with warmth, kindness, and small moments that matter most.
May the New Year bring health, clarity, good decisions, and time for what truly counts.
HP XMAS
Here’s what that moment reminded me about more fundamental principles:
We think we’re reacting to reality. But we’re often reacting to our own perception of it.
→ Perception is personal. It’s shaped by what we fear, what we remember, what we haven’t sorted out yet. It’s sticky. It’s rarely neutral.
→ Perspective is different. It asks for a tiny pause. A breath. A question.
In that rehearsal, perception told me one story. Perspective showed me something completely different.
The moment I leaned into curiosity instead of judgement, everything changed. We connected instead of clashing. The task became a memory.
This shift shows up everywhere—especially in teams.
Chris Voss calls it Tactical Empathy: recognising what the other person might be feeling, even if you don’t agree with their stance.
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https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeejourneys/p/be-curious-not-judgemental?r=6743u&utm_medium=ios
I've never been a good teacher. But I like taking notes and walking people thought my thinking process and results. It is the best way to gather feedback and ... learn even more.
We learn:
📖 10 percent of what we read,
👂 20 percent of what we hear,
👁️ 30 percent of what we see,
👁️ 👂 50 percent of what we see and hear,
👄 70 percent of what we discuss,
👩💻 80 percent of what we experience, and
👨🏫 95 percent of what we teach others.
Have a good weekend folks ☕️
“Wealth isn’t about having a lot of money it’s about having a lot of options.”
—Chris Rock
Have a great day folks ☕️
You ever notice how Thanksgiving conversations can turn into debates faster than you can pass the mashed potatoes?
It starts with a comment, maybe about politics, parenting, or pumpkin pie, and suddenly, people are talking 𝘢𝘵 each other, not 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 each other.
The trick to shifting that dynamic:
𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲.
Perception is your personal lens. It's the story 𝘺𝘰𝘶 see and feel. The world filtered through 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 experiences.
But perspective? That's different.
That's the ability to step outside yourself and ask:
"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵?"
"𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺?"
Chris Voss calls this Tactical Empathy.
And it sounds like:
"It seems like this is really important to you."
"It feels like there's more going on beneath the surface."
So this Thanksgiving, if things get a little heated, try this:
No judgment. No counterattack.
It might just be the most generous thing you give all year.
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 🦃
Jules Octavian
Piotr Zagorowski
