Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
September 30, 2026
A bad outcome often does more damage through the decisions that follow it than through the original mistake itself. We make one poor call, then defend it because we have already invested too much. A deal goes wrong, and we Read more…
September 29, 2026
After I decide, how much can I still influence the outcome? Take an AI solution for a customer. I may not have the product fully ready. There may be uncertainty around what needs to be built. But I can still Read more…
September 28, 2026
A woman wrote a furious letter to her sister but, in the end, decided not to send it. The next morning she wrote a second one, calmer, and sent that instead. They were close again within a month. Years later, Read more…
September 27, 2026
Sometimes an event is over, but we are still carrying it. You can carry the same event in two ways. You can keep seeing it mainly through what it did to you, the hurt, the loss, the helplessness. Or you Read more…
September 26, 2026
There are two ways to be impatient, and they pull in opposite directions. You can be impatient with effort. Restless to do more, to push harder, to keep moving. This kind is useful. It turns restlessness into action, and action Read more…
September 25, 2026
One thing I have learned is how easy it is to get people wrong. We interpret a silence as indifference. A sharp response as disrespect. A decision we disagree with as evidence of motive or character. Then we build a Read more…
September 24, 2026
As I age, I’ve become less patient with words. Having worked across teams, cultures, and geographies, I have heard many versions of good intent. People usually know what the right thing to say is. So, I watch what they do. Read more…
September 23, 2026
There are moments when I get far more emotionally charged than I should. Something is not moving the way I want. A conversation goes badly. A decision makes no sense to me. Someone does not respond the way I expected. Read more…
September 21, 2026
AI is becoming increasingly good at measuring the work we do. How quickly we respond. How many calls we make. How much we produce. How closely we follow a process. Think about it. If your work is mostly tasks a Read more…
September 20, 2026
There was a lazy man who prayed every night to be successful. One night, God answered. “Every morning, rise before the sun. Bathe. Climb the hill behind your house. And push against the rock at the top with all your Read more…
