Dave Evans

So when he's doing that, and I think when you're doing that, that is flow.

Low complication, therefore high cohesion, one fabric.

Yeah, that's lovely.

Pay attention.

I mean, just paying attention.

So we talk about mindset a lot.

So the design choice of choosing into the way I'm going to be in a particular situation.

So if I'm in that staff meeting and I'm only thinking about the next thing,

then I've designed my mindset to never be present at the present moment.

So the critical design choice is how do I live in this day?

How do I live in this moment?

My partner, Bill, has a morning practice.

Despite being an atheist, he has spiritual practices.

One of them, he says two things to himself out loud every single day while shaving.

And he says it's very important that they're out loud.

I don't shave every day, so I can't do it.

There you go.

One is I live in the best of all possible worlds.

Now, as an existential atheist, he says, look, I can also say I live in the world.

I live in the worst world.