Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
September 4, 2026
The world is changing quickly, and most of us are trying to change with it. You are learning something new, building a habit, changing how you work, trying to be calmer, sharper, fitter, whatever you feel is necessary to be Read more…
September 2, 2026
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…
September 1, 2026
We like to believe quality speaks for itself. It does not. Unfortunately, people judge the book by its cover. Always have. You can have the best product, the finest work, the most useful idea. But present it carelessly, and it Read more…
August 30, 2026
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…
August 29, 2026
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…
August 28, 2026
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…
August 25, 2026
I used to wear urgency like a badge. Always on. Always responding. Always moving. I told myself this was leadership. But I had unconsciously trained everyone around me to believe that everything was a fire. And once you do that, Read more…
August 23, 2026
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…
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…
August 22, 2026
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…
