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 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…
June 8, 2026
The boy’s swing went wide again. He dropped the hammer and shook out his wrist. “It’s too heavy. I can’t do good work with this.” The blacksmith said nothing. Just handed him a lighter hammer. For a while, it seemed Read more…
June 7, 2026
There is this brilliant quote from Charlie Munger that says, “The big money is not in the buying and the selling, but in the waiting.” He said it about investing. I refer to it often in my work life. In Read more…
June 5, 2026
When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out. Because that is what was inside. In the same way, life has a way of squeezing us. A missed deadline. A rude comment. A difficult customer. A family situation. A moment Read more…
June 4, 2026
You’ve just had a good evening. And somehow on the way home, the conversation turns to the restaurant you didn’t try, the thing you almost bought, the better option you missed. What could have been instead of what was. It’s Read more…
June 3, 2026
When I know something is a priority, I usually do the right things. I focus. I track. I follow up. I give it care and attention. The real problem is not always execution. Sometimes the problem is that I get Read more…
