I’m surprised to hear you say that oratory is one of our weakest areas. Although I guess I actually think we’re pretty strong in a lot of areas, so maybe ‘weakest’ isn’t that bad. I have been quite moved by a lot of speeches at various Solstices, but I guess those were the best ones; certainly there’s variance.
I think we’re doing pretty well at the “first 80%” of the work, in a lot of ways, and are finding ourselves in the “last 80%”—the detail-oriented polishing that takes a lot of effort and has diminishing returns. (Which is not to say we shouldn’t do it! There are still returns to be had.)
I’m surprised to hear you say that oratory is one of our weakest areas. Although I guess I actually think we’re pretty strong in a lot of areas, so maybe ‘weakest’ isn’t that bad. I have been quite moved by a lot of speeches at various Solstices, but I guess those were the best ones; certainly there’s variance.
I think we’re doing pretty well at the “first 80%” of the work, in a lot of ways, and are finding ourselves in the “last 80%”—the detail-oriented polishing that takes a lot of effort and has diminishing returns. (Which is not to say we shouldn’t do it! There are still returns to be had.)