Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
November 5, 2026
Ownership is easy to talk about. You see it more clearly when something is not moving. There will always be reasons. Someone has not responded. A dependency is pending. A decision is delayed. Another team has not done what was Read more…
Whether it’s a proposal, an idea, a job application, or a sale, when something gets rejected, we instinctively want to understand why. We read the explanation carefully and start fixing ourselves around it. But not every rejection contains a lesson. Read more…
November 3, 2026
Feeling a roving sense of anxiousness? Feeling stressed? A lot of it comes from not keeping our attention on one thing at a time. You are eating breakfast while thinking about an email you have to send. You are on Read more…
November 2, 2026
Sharing this via Seth Godin’s blog post When things don’t turn out the way you pictured, how long does it take for you to move on? Reducing this window of disappointment unlocks the path to creativity and leadership. People who Read more…
November 1, 2026
“It is entirely your fault,” the master said. “My fault?” said the disciple. “I sit in meditation every day. I study. And still the world interrupts me. My mind drifts, my emotions storm, and the peace I find vanishes in Read more…
October 30, 2026
Something I have observed in complex work is that the same behavior can be a strength at one stage and a weakness at another. When you are trying to understand a new customer problem, curiosity is invaluable. Ask more questions. Read more…
October 29, 2026
I was in a discussion with my team today on a complex project with several things that needed to happen. All of them mattered. But they could not all happen at once. So the real question was not “which action Read more…
October 28, 2026
We usually think of wealth as a number. I increasingly think it is a relationship between what you have and how much you need to feel satisfied. Have ten and need a hundred, and ten will always feel inadequate. Have Read more…
October 24, 2026
Most of us were raised to follow instructions. In school, you did not choose what to learn or how to prove it. You were told. Do the assignment. Follow the method. Get the answer right. Over many years, we became Read more…
October 22, 2026
I need to call the CEO of a company about a possible business opportunity. Simple enough. And yet the moment I think it, the mind starts working. Should I? Will he even want the call? This is something we have Read more…
