June 7, 2026
There is this brilliant quote from Charlie Munger that says, “The big money is not in the buying and the selling, but in the waiting.” He said it about investing. I refer to it often in my work life. In Read more…
June 5, 2026
When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out. Because that is what was inside. In the same way, life has a way of squeezing us. A missed deadline. A rude comment. A difficult customer. A family situation. A moment Read more…
June 3, 2026
When I know something is a priority, I usually do the right things. I focus. I track. I follow up. I give it care and attention. The real problem is not always execution. Sometimes the problem is that I get Read more…
June 2, 2026
You don’t need a better tool to do better work. You don’t need a bigger team to move faster. You don’t need a bigger budget to start. You don’t need the perfect process, the right structure, or senior buy-in before Read more…
June 1, 2026
A trader was crossing a long stretch of desert with three bottles of water tied to his mule. By noon, the sun had become fierce. His throat burned, his lips cracked, and every step felt heavier than the last. He Read more…
May 31, 2026
An uncomfortable question worth sitting with. Can your current choices carry you to where you want to go? Not will they. Can they. Because in many cases, the outcome you want will keep eluding you even if you try harder. Read more…
May 30, 2026
There’s a pattern I keep seeing. Someone shares an update. The numbers aren’t great. The situation isn’t clear. But somehow the conclusion is always the same. It’ll work out. That’s not optimism. That’s confirmation bias. We don’t look at facts Read more…
May 29, 2026
There will never be a perfect time to do something that stretches you. Not when you are starting something new. Not when you are being asked to think bigger than you are used to. Not when the ask feels larger Read more…
May 26, 2026
Taking things seriously without taking them personally. Most of us don’t make that distinction. The moment criticism lands, we treat it as an attack. We defend ourselves, construct counter arguments, replay the conversation in our heads, and lose sleep over Read more…
May 24, 2026
When things aren’t working with others, we rarely look at ourselves first. A colleague is difficult. A client is unresponsive. A conversation keeps going nowhere. The instinct is to diagnose the other person. Their attitude, their priorities, their problem. But Read more…
