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Field Note 20: "More is lost by indecision than by wrong decision."

Jun 11, 2026

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Field Note 20: "More is lost by indecision than by wrong decision."

Do something, anything and the answers will come.

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 19: "These are not unprecedented times."

Jun 4, 2026

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Field Note 19: "These are not unprecedented times."

When have we ever lived in "precedented" times?

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 18: "How you leave says more about you than how you arrived."

May 29, 2026

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2 min read

Field Note 18: "How you leave says more about you than how you arrived."

Rather than making a good first impression, I think how you leave says more.

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 17: "Don't compromise. Don't take advice from losers. Do your own thing."

May 25, 2026

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2 min read

Field Note 17: "Don't compromise. Don't take advice from losers. Do your own thing."

It's less a quote and more a operating system.

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Mea Culpa

May 25, 2026

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1 min read

Mea Culpa

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 16: "Drive fast and give good feedback."

May 5, 2026

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2 min read

Field Note 16: "Drive fast and give good feedback."

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 15: "Second place is just the first loser."

Apr 29, 2026

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2 min read

Field Note 15: "Second place is just the first loser."

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 14: "Action produces information".

Apr 22, 2026

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2 min read

Field Note 14: "Action produces information".

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 13: "Your reputation is built in the small moments, not the big ones."

Apr 14, 2026

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4 min read

Field Note 13: "Your reputation is built in the small moments, not the big ones."

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 12: "You must be able to accept rejection and reject acceptance."

Apr 8, 2026

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4 min read

Field Note 12: "You must be able to accept rejection and reject acceptance."

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 11: "Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."

Mar 31, 2026

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4 min read

Field Note 11: "Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 10: "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

Mar 24, 2026

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4 min read

Field Note 10: "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 9: "Marketing is the tax you pay for being unremarkable."

Mar 18, 2026

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4 min read

Field Note 9: "Marketing is the tax you pay for being unremarkable."

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 8: Thinking dollars are worth more than doing dollars

Mar 12, 2026

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3 min read

Field Note 8: Thinking dollars are worth more than doing dollars

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 7: "Don't cross the box"

Mar 3, 2026

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3 min read

Field Note 7: "Don't cross the box"

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 6: "I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference."

Feb 24, 2026

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5 min read

Field Note 6: "I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference."

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 5: Service is black and white. Hospitality is colour.

Feb 16, 2026

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4 min read

Field Note 5: Service is black and white. Hospitality is colour.

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 4: "The biggest risk to your brand is what you can't see"

Feb 10, 2026

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5 min read

Field Note 4: "The biggest risk to your brand is what you can't see"

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 3: "Life's too short to be little"

Feb 3, 2026

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4 min read

Field Note 3: "Life's too short to be little"

In other words...if you do nothing, you'll be nothing.

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 2: "The opposite of a good idea can be another good idea"

Jan 31, 2026

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4 min read

Field Note 2: "The opposite of a good idea can be another good idea"

In other words...when you're in the business of selling ideas, every thought counts.

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Field Note 1: "If you're going to eat shit, don't nibble."

Jan 26, 2026

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3 min read

Field Note 1: "If you're going to eat shit, don't nibble."

In other words...the longer you avoid the hard decision, the worse it gets.

Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy

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