Jack Mills

Aug 27, 2023 | jackmills-88826.medium.com | Jack Mills

Three hundred dollars some water and a taco in my mouth How far can I go Soon I'll know If this truck's gonna get me to Mexico Dumb sad story of a beautiful girl And losing a job is like the end of the world All behind me now Looking for Socorro, Las Cruces That sad old bridge out of El Paso Mexico Mexico I don't know why but I just gotta go I've got to get away Erase these mistakes Pay to play Give myself a chance of living One more day I'll trade my truck for a room On the south side of...

Apr 6, 2023 | evolllution.com | Jack Mills |Amy Smith |Straighter Line |Elizabeth Warner

You’ve probably encountered the aphorism “What gets measured gets managed.” Anyone with an outcome-oriented view would probably agree with that, at least on its surface. After all, no matter what your line of work is, it loses meaning when you lose sight of its intended outcome. This is deftly illustrated in another piece of well-known wisdom, the bricklayer allegory. It goes something like this: Three bricklayers were working on a wall. Someone asked them what they were doing.