🍬 Sweet 🎹 it’s | 🐟 𝔽.𝕀.𝕊.𝕙. FRIDAY

Friends, clients, associates and business cards, hope you’re croissantingly well and finding your fun at work before February hits.

𝔽.𝕀.𝕊.𝕙. FRIDAY is my fin-tastic weekly that hooks you up with some fresh helpful stuff that I came across this week, gems netted from deep dives earlier this year or underwater nuggets from this lifetime resurfacing like friendly dolphins.

𝔽oolproof | Hanlon’s Razor

It’s easy to assume people are being difficult on purpose. Most business friction isn’t caused by villains; it’s caused by tired people making mistakes. Treating it as an error rather than an attack usually solves it faster and keeps the harmony.

https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/philosophy/hanlons-razor

𝕀ntelligence | The 85% Rule

Is “giving 110%” the key to success? Elite track coaches know that sprinters actually run faster when they try to run at 85% effort. Why? Because 100% effort creates tension, and tension slows you down.

https://thechangepartners.com/is-the-85-15-rule-the-key-to-avoiding-burnout/

𝕊auce | Knowledge Transfer

Have you ever wondered what would happen if your most experienced employee won the lottery tomorrow and never came back? Would your operations grind to a halt? Perhaps you need to capture the unwritten know-how that keeps businesses running before it walks out the door.

https://harmoniousworkplaces.com/ep-96-knowledge-transfer/

𝕙odgepotch | Jump

Joe Meanen survived by making an impossible choice: stay on a burning platform and wait for rescue that might not come, or jump 175ft into a freezing, flaming sea.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/28/the-piper-alpha-oil-rig-exploded-and-collapsed-and-i-made-a-desperate-175ft-jump-into-the-sea

Have a Liquid Weekend!

Best Fishes

JC

John Crowder

Emerald

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