November 30, 2025
I found myself thinking today about a blog post I wrote three years ago—Be the (Wo)man in the Arena. For some reason, Roosevelt’s words came back to me with the same force they had the first time I read them. Read more…
November 29, 2025
I came across a paradoxical idea this evening: the walls you put up to protect yourself end up imprisoning you. It stopped me in my tracks because it’s true in ways we rarely notice. Every time we avoid a difficult Read more…
November 28, 2025
At some point in every career, the work shifts. You’re no longer just doing your job—you’re explaining why it matters. You’re selling your vision to customers, your culture to potential hires, your progress to investors, and your reasoning to the Read more…
November 26, 2025
Nothing derails your day faster than saying yes without thinking. A “no” is simple — it closes one option. But a “yes” silently cancels everything else you could have done with that time. Say yes to a meeting, and you’ve Read more…
November 25, 2025
In most workplaces, the pressure is always on the outcome. Close the deal. Hit the number. Deliver the project. And when the result lands, everyone celebrates it as if that’s the whole story. But here’s what I’ve seen over the Read more…
November 24, 2025
Arun’s first venture collapsed before it even found its footing.The second one dragged him into debt.The third stayed alive just long enough for him to be embarrassed in front of people whose opinions he cared about. Friends gently hinted that Read more…
November 23, 2025
There are thinkers and there are doers. Both spot the same opportunity. One starts drafting detailed plans. The other builds a rough prototype. Weeks later, the thinker is still refining the plan. The doer already knows what works, what doesn’t… Read more…
November 22, 2025
I’ve always seen myself as an optimist — sometimes to the point where people tell me I’m being unrealistic. Maybe they’re right. But I also know this: being an optimist has nudged me into opportunities I might have walked away Read more…
November 21, 2025
In most workplace conversations — especially when dealing with adaptive challenges — clean answers rarely exist. These are the situations where there isn’t one obvious approach, no perfect data set, and often no clear view of who is right and Read more…
November 20, 2025
In the technology world, one pattern keeps popping up—especially when working with customers and building solutions. Teams spend weeks trying to craft the perfect design, the flawless architecture, the “right” plan. And in that pursuit of perfection, nothing actually moves. Read more…
