April 10, 2025
Many feel uncomfortable with the idea of solitude. But, it is fundamental to any creative problem solving.
September 11, 2024
Our daily interactions are a key indicator of future success—improving the quality of these connections drives better outcomes.
May 20, 2024
Once upon a time, a priest on a walking tour in pre-revolutionary Russia was confronted by a soldier as he entered the town. The soldier pointed his bayonet at the priest and called out, The priest was unfazed. Instead of Read more…
May 26, 2021
In 1990, Elizabeth Newton, a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University, did a study to check how confident people were about communicating some message to someone and how successful they were in getting the message across to the recipient. In the Read more…
August 18, 2026
I think of myself as a good problem-solver. Someone brings me a problem, I offer a solution. At work, with my team. At home, with my wife. With my children. A problem shows up, and my mind immediately starts fixing Read more…
August 17, 2026
A young man went to a Zen master. After practicing for a time, the student went off on his own with instructions to faithfully send a letter to the master every month, giving an account of his spiritual progress. In Read more…
August 16, 2026
There are questions in life that need answers. Which treatment should I choose? Should I take this job? Is this relationship still right for me? The answer changes what you do next. Seek it. Ask. Investigate. Do not hide behind Read more…
August 15, 2026
A senior executive shares a problem with you. You discuss a possible solution. The conversation is alive, the need is real, and you agree to come back with something. You spend a week perfecting the proposal. By the time you Read more…
August 14, 2026
It was a good day today. I spent it with a couple of clients, digging into problem areas in their businesses and thinking about how technology might help solve them. By the end of those conversations, I noticed something. I Read more…
August 13, 2026
A distinction worth carrying to work. A parachute that works 99% of the time is not a good parachute. It is a death trap. That one percent failure is the only number that matters. A presentation that is 99% polished Read more…
August 12, 2026
I set out to build something innovative and significant. It has been harder than expected. Stakeholders want updates, and progress is slow. And I can feel the temptation to quietly lower the bar, to make the goal easier so that Read more…
August 11, 2026
Your commitment has to be in sync with your ambition. You want to be fit? Then you have to accept the discipline and the trade-offs that come with it. You want the title and the seniority at work? Then you Read more…
August 10, 2026
Two prime ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs of state. Suddenly a man bursts in, apoplectic with fury, shouting and stamping and banging his fist on the desk. The resident prime minister admonishes him: “Peter,” he says, “kindly remember Rule Number Read more…
August 9, 2026
For years, I wanted to write. But I kept judging what I wrote before I had really begun. Is this good enough? Is it worth sharing? Will anyone care? The judgment became the reason I never started. That changed in Read more…
