Hi, I'm Phil Vanstone
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Here's a little about my family and my work. Or have a scroll around for some misc thoughts in all their sporadic glory.
*If there's a common theme through this, it's that there is a punishing asymmetry between the sheer number of captivating things and the hours we have to give them. What's most important now? What needs to happen to give full attention? When to move on? Now these are the questions...
- Mar 20, 2026 Work Career thoughts, history, and examples
- Mar 20, 2026 Family Quick intro to the Vanstones
- Jul 24, 2024 Cheers Where everybody knows your pain
- Apr 25, 2024 Learn to swim Labels can be life rafts
- Apr 13, 2024 Pardon the interruption A "rule", two lyrics, three tweets
- Apr 6, 2024 Tense-relax-respond, all day long Responsiveness: it's a beautiful thing to give and get
- Mar 16, 2024 And so on Feedback loop-de-loops
- Feb 25, 2024 Repair The forgotten middle step
- Feb 17, 2024 Attention, please Watch what you watch. Featuring Mary Oliver, Paul Graham, Adam Mastroianni, @visakanv, music recos, and too much else.
- Feb 15, 2024 Worth another look v0.1 Featuring Oliver Burkeman, Veritasium, Adam Mastroianni, Andrew McEnaney
- Sep 5, 2023 The Paradox of Cooperation Why bigger teams sometimes get less done.
- Feb 13, 2019 Partnerships help you sell the way people actually buy Why is such a dependable growth strategy so often overlooked?