Volume 3 · The Corner Cabin · Essay 296
Water-Diamond Paradox
Water-Diamond Paradox is the kind of puzzle our grandmothers solved without naming it. The name came later; the wisdom was always there.
The way out is not to solve it but to carry it. Some loads are meant to be carried, not put down. This paradox is one of them, and the carrying itself builds the muscle.
Watch a good tailor in a busy lane. He does not measure twice out of fear; he measures twice out of respect for the cloth. Teams led with that spirit rarely need scolding.
An organisation is only a group of people who have agreed, for now, to pull in roughly the same direction. You will meet this idea again this week, wearing different clothes. Now you will recognise it.