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Sep 5, 2023Liked by Brian Chambers

Love reading the beautiful analogies that draw a parallel with a β€œday in life” at Chick-fil-A. Perfect work-life balance. Keep climbing.

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Sep 5, 2023Liked by Brian Chambers

This is awesome! Great parallels you illustrate between (ambitious, yet judicious) high altitude climbing & the life of folks in the software dev arena or startup world.

Alex Honnold [Free Solo] gave a Keynote at EDA Summit 2023 earlier this year, which was a super neat interview offering a glimpse inside his brain & how he approaches climbing/decision making. Brian, I bet he would agree with much of what you wrote here in your substack!!

You may have also checked out these climbing documentaries (all solid)... Meru, 14 Peaks, The Alpinist. I've heard that "Dirtbag" is an excellent film too.

*Brian, what related books or documentaries you would recommend? Thx & great post :)

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Hi Brian! I feel like Miley Cyrus "The Climb" should have been playing while I read your Grand Teton story. Loved it, as I do all of your Tech Secrets. But this is coming from an Edge AI nerd lol.

Hey - I have an exciting opportunity for you. I'm organizing the keynote panel at the Global Restaurant Leadership conference this November in Miami and I'd like to invite you to be a panelist. You'll be joining NVIDIA and another operator or two to share your keen insights on AI disruption and innovation in QSR. I'll send an email with more details!

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What a view.

Incredible what the eyes, and mind, can see, from a different vantage point.

The "Slow is Fast" part has me thinking.

Oh and the Inception-Approach to objectives... an objective within an objective... "Get Home Safe >> Climb Mountain". That also has me thinking what objectives I'm undertaking, that have an overarching Objective where even in falling short on Objective #2, it still means success for the more important Objective #1. Inception!

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