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Moonshots — and how we talk about them.

In my book, The Imagination Gap, I wrote about how the most powerful forces in shaping and motivating people’s behaviors and the shape of…

7 min readJul 15, 2019

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Moonshots — and how we talk about them.

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Key Curling Terms

Back end: The vice-skip and skip on a curling team.

5 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Key Curling Terms

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Curling History

The exact origins of curling are unknown, but the sport is believed to date back as far as the 1500s. The first rules of curling were drawn…

3 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Curling History

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Statistics

Like most sports, advanced statistics are increasingly used in curling to measure and analyze performance. In curling, players are graded…

2 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Statistics

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How to Watch Curling

When watching curling on screen, fans are treated to many angles — a top-down view of the house to show stone placement, and a view down…

5 min readFeb 15, 2018

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How to Watch Curling

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Rules

Following are a sample of some important curling rules. The complete World Curling Federation rules are available at www.worldcurling.org.

2 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Rules

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Equipment

Stones

4 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Equipment

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Measuring and The Sheet (Ice)

If two or more stones are too close to measure by eye, vice skips are responsible for measuring. There are three types of measuring…

2 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Measuring and The Sheet (Ice)

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Time and Scoring

Time clocks are used to control the speed of the games, and prevent a team from taking enormous amounts of time to execute its shots. Each…

3 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Time and Scoring

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Team Roles

Each curling team consists of four players and an alternate. Each player has a unique role.

3 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Team Roles

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Brian Reich

Brian Reich

Author of The Imagination Gap: https://amzn.to/2C9MZi0 managing director at little m media. politics. media. sports. impact of tech on society.

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