October 15, 2026
If you’re in doubt about something that’s not in your life, try it. Things are so different in practice versus in theory. The only way to know is to experience it yourself. Try it examples: Err on the side of Read more…
October 14, 2026
Dissatisfaction gets a bad name. But pointed at the right things, it can be one of our most useful forces. It makes us fix a broken process, question an easy answer, improve something that isn’t good enough, or refuse to Read more…
October 13, 2026
Some of life’s hardest decisions come from the fact that two opposing things can be true at the same time. You can trust your team and still verify the details. You can be confident in a decision and remain open Read more…
October 12, 2026
Dear Dad, Everything is going well here at college this semester, so you can stop worrying. I am very, very happy now. . . you would love Ichabod. He is a wonderful, wonderful man and our first three months of Read more…
October 10, 2026
When it comes to dealing with complex work, I believe the problem is often only half the problem. The other half is how you communicate it. If every update focuses only on what is broken, delayed, or unresolved, people quickly Read more…
October 6, 2026
One thing I have learned about worry is that it often makes us pay for a problem before it arrives. A difficult meeting next week. A decision still unresolved. Something that might go wrong. Thinking about it once may help Read more…
October 5, 2026
A Zen Teacher saw five of his students return from the market, riding their bicycles. When they had dismounted, the teacher asked the students, “Why are you riding your bicycles?” The first student replied, “The bicycle is carrying this sack Read more…
October 2, 2026
In 1925, Mahatma Gandhi published a short note in Young India titled “Seven Social Sins.” (library.bjp.org) He listed seven things he believed society needed to guard against: Interestingly, Gandhi did not originate the list. It had earlier been articulated by Read more…
As you grow professionally, the decisions rarely get easier. The stakes get higher. The consequences travel further. More people are affected. More can go right, and more can go wrong. That is not necessarily a sign that something is wrong. Read more…
October 1, 2026
We like to believe that good decisions come from knowing what happens next. But when I look back, many of the biggest breakthroughs in my life were not things I could have predicted. A conversation led somewhere unexpected. An opportunity Read more…
