Igo | Figure

Then go figure. Liked this? Share it with someone who needs permission to move slower. — Jamie

No dice. No luck. No take-backs.

You can attack every stone your opponent places and still lose. Sometimes the winning move is to leave them alone and build your own quiet corner. I think about this now in meetings, in relationships, in creative work. igo figure

Then another.

Next time you’re stuck — on a decision, a sentence, a conversation — try saying out loud: I go figure. Then go figure

When I don’t understand something, my instinct is to attack it — read faster, click around, ask three people at once. But last month, a friend taught me the board game Go , and suddenly I heard myself saying something I almost never say:

The first time I played, I lost in eleven moves. I didn’t even know I could lose that fast. My friend smiled and said: “You’re trying to win. Try just seeing what’s there first.” We live in an age of instant extraction. Want the summary? Ask AI. Want the ending? Skip ahead. Want to know if you’re right? Post and let the comments decide. — Jamie No dice

That’s it.