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Weekend Reflection: What We Really Want

what we really need

We spend a lot of our lives buying things to fix feelings. The expensive car with the right badge is not really about the car. It is about wanting to make a statement and be admired. The new clothes are Read more…


What Is the Struggle Doing to You?

Struggle

I was talking with my son and some of his friends about ChatGPT and Claude. A question came up: where do you draw the line? I do not think the answer lies in which tasks we use AI for. It Read more…


Weekend Story- The Returned Gift

Returned Gift

A man once came to a teacher who was sitting quietly in meditation. The man was angry. He stood before the teacher and began shouting. He accused him. Insulted him. Mocked him. The teacher did not answer. He simply sat Read more…


The Mistake Inside The Failure

Mistake inside failure

My son called recently, upset about a collaborative engineering project that had not gone well. He felt he had done everything right, but something else, unanticipated, had caused it to fall apart. We ended up in a bit of an Read more…


You Are The Example

you are the example

Before I became a technology entrepreneur, I spent many years in a large financial institution. The instinct there was always to avoid anything new, because it must not fail. And thanks to that fear of failing, we would not attempt Read more…


Weekend Story-Hole In The Boat

Hole in the boat

A man once asked a painter to paint his small boat red. The painter arrived early in the morning with his brushes, sandpaper, and paint. The boat was old, but well-loved. It had carried the family across the lake for Read more…


The Company Our Mind Keeps

The company our mind keeps

Everything we create begins as a thought. A business. A decision. A relationship. A change in direction. Long before it becomes visible, it first takes shape in the mind. Which makes me think about something else. Where do our thoughts Read more…


Assume Misunderstanding

Assume Misunderstanding

Someone does not respond the way you expected. A colleague leaves you out. A customer goes quiet. A friend says something that feels dismissive. Our mind is quick to build a story around it. They do not respect me. They Read more…


Open Windows

open windows

I keep a daily journal where I track what I need to do, what I actually did, and my energy levels through the day. I call unfinished tasks “open windows”, things that are still occupying some part of my attention. Read more…


Listening Is The Help

Listening Is The Help

I think of myself as a good problem-solver. Someone brings me a problem, I offer a solution. At work, with my team. At home, with my wife. With my children. A problem shows up, and my mind immediately starts fixing Read more…