Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
November 5, 2026
Whether it’s a proposal, an idea, a job application, or a sale, when something gets rejected, we instinctively want to understand why. We read the explanation carefully and start fixing ourselves around it. But not every rejection contains a lesson. Read more…
November 3, 2026
Feeling a roving sense of anxiousness? Feeling stressed? A lot of it comes from not keeping our attention on one thing at a time. You are eating breakfast while thinking about an email you have to send. You are on Read more…
November 2, 2026
Sharing this via Seth Godin’s blog post When things don’t turn out the way you pictured, how long does it take for you to move on? Reducing this window of disappointment unlocks the path to creativity and leadership. People who Read more…
October 29, 2026
I was in a discussion with my team today on a complex project with several things that needed to happen. All of them mattered. But they could not all happen at once. So the real question was not “which action Read more…
October 28, 2026
We usually think of wealth as a number. I increasingly think it is a relationship between what you have and how much you need to feel satisfied. Have ten and need a hundred, and ten will always feel inadequate. Have Read more…
October 27, 2026
Long-term thinking changes what you do today. I see this clearly in client work. If the objective is simply to get through the next meeting, you may choose the quickest answer. If the objective is to get a project live, Read more…
October 26, 2026
The master was having a conversation with his disciple. The Master said, “Love is the best cure. Love is the most effective medicine for humans.” “What if it doesn’t work?”, the disciple asked. The master replied, “Increase the dose!”
October 22, 2026
I need to call the CEO of a company about a possible business opportunity. Simple enough. And yet the moment I think it, the mind starts working. Should I? Will he even want the call? This is something we have Read more…
October 21, 2026
Many of us treat information as though it were truth. It is not. Information can be incomplete, biased, second-hand, misunderstood, or simply wrong. Truth is harder. It takes time, effort, and honest digging to get to it. And that matters Read more…
October 18, 2026
Zeno had spent years building his life as a merchant. Then, on a voyage carrying a valuable cargo, his ship was wrecked. By the time he reached Athens, much of what he owned was gone. For a while, he wandered Read more…
