Hershal Patel — writer, photographer, and builder.
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While touring Philadelphia, a dear friend — who I don’t get to see nearly as often as I would like — taught me about Benjamin Franklin’s daily routine. Aside from getting 7 solid hours of sleep, rising early, and dedicating a hard 8 hours to work daily, the one thing that was most profound to me was Franklin’s morning question: “What good shall I do this day?”
Let’s start with the organizations that I serve and have served. I love each of these organizations, the people that serve them, and their missions in building their communities.
The Vignelli Canon is a book by Italian designer Massimo Vignelli. It's not a set of hard rules, but rather a glimpse into Vignelli's design philosophy and the principles he believed were important for good design.
Personally, when approaching any opportunity or challenge, I use Vignelli's philosophy on the "intangible" foundational concepts of semantics, syntactics, and pragmatics.
The CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual was created during World War II and details ways citizens living in occupied territories can disrupt enemy efforts by being inefficient and generally annoying in everyday tasks.
Declassified in 2008, this document can now be used as a guide to help people in the workforce avoid frustration and hindering productivity. This is a great roadmap of what to not do when running a successful organization.
Cigars and whiskey, travel and music. What keeps you going? How do your tastes and preferences change with time and experience? Below are some of the things that keep me going. This list is fluid and ever-growing. If you want to know what makes me me, look no further. These are some of my favorite things and people.