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…
June 18, 2026
The moment you decide your problems are yours to solve, you stop being a passenger in your own life. Because as long as the problem belongs to someone else, so does the solution. You hand over your power every time Read more…
June 17, 2026
This morning, I started working around 7:30 on something that needed thinking, connecting dots and solving a problem. Before I knew it, it was almost 11. I had been at it for three and a half hours and had not Read more…
June 16, 2026
The bottleneck is usually attention, not ability. Giving one thing your full attention for a long stretch is far harder than it sounds. You sit down to solve a problem, and your calendar pings you about the next meeting. You Read more…
June 15, 2026
A man found an eagle’s egg and put it in the nest of a barnyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chickens and grew up with them. All his life, the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, Read more…
June 14, 2026
Much of what I do comes down to making decisions. Sometimes it’s easy. You have the data, the picture is clear, and the better choice wins by a wide margin. You don’t need judgment for those. You just need to Read more…
June 13, 2026
When most people walk into a difficult conversation, they default to platitudes. They say everything politically correct. Everyone leaves feeling okay. And nothing actually improves. This is selfish. The person on the receiving end needs honesty and gets comfort instead. Read more…
June 12, 2026
Most people wait for permission to solve problems. The message they send, in asking for permission, without realizing it, is simple. Tell me what to do. I won’t figure it out myself. High agency people are different. They care. And Read more…
June 11, 2026
We can assign different meanings to the same events. It’s a matter of perspective. If you look for evidence of how the ecosystem around you is encouraging you, you will find it. If you look for evidence of how the Read more…
June 10, 2026
Something James Clear shared in one of his blog posts. 1) Do less. Stop dividing your attention. 2) Do it right now. Once you have identified the essential, go fast. Maintain a bias toward action. 3) Do it the right Read more…
June 9, 2026
Think of credibility like a bank account you can’t see the balance of. Every time you do the right thing when nobody is watching, you make a deposit. Every time you say the hard truth instead of the easy one, Read more…
