Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
March 20, 2026
What looks like a competence gap is often a focus gap. Over the last few years, I’ve had the opportunity to observe several fintech founders up close. From the outside, it’s easy to assume their success comes from superior intelligence Read more…
March 19, 2026
When you understand something deeply, you can explain it in different ways. You can say it in one sentence.You can expand it into a paragraph.Or you can walk someone through it step by step. And no matter the format, the Read more…
March 18, 2026
Most decisions don’t deserve the time we give them. And a few deserve far more. Over the years, I’ve relied on a simple filter for decision-making, inspired by a very popular heuristic from Jeff Bezos. Is it reversible or irreversible? Read more…
March 17, 2026
Over the past few days, I have noticed something interesting. A few proposals and idea notes have come my way. Within the first few lines, you can almost immediately tell how they were created. The tone, the structure, the phrasing. Read more…
March 16, 2026
In the Abbasid era, a young scholar was granted access to one of Baghdad’s great libraries. The shelves stretched endlessly, filled with works on philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and poetry. For months, he read with enthusiasm. But one evening, he Read more…
March 15, 2026
A man once asked a wise teacher, “How do I know if I am moving in the right direction in life?” The teacher replied, “Look at the person you are becoming while you are pursuing it.” Many goals promise success, Read more…
March 14, 2026
“Why would I think about missing a shot that I haven’t taken yet?” A quotable line from Michael Jordan in the documentary The Last Dance. It captures something we often do to ourselves. We defeat ourselves before we even begin. Read more…
March 12, 2026
We often celebrate originality as the ability to create something entirely new. A fresh idea. A blank sheet turned into something that did not exist before. But another form of originality receives far less attention. Synthesis. Synthesis is the ability Read more…
March 11, 2026
What am I really spending my time on? In most roles, especially in sales or leadership, it often comes down to a small handful of things. The two deals that will move the revenue needle. The one relationship that opens Read more…
March 10, 2026
Some things in life have a start and an end.A project starts and finishes. An exam gets written. A trip concludes. But many of the most important parts of our lives do not. If you are the “I need to Read more…
