These are essays from the wayback machine. The topics are varied. Some are about business, but mostly rumination on current events and whatever caught my attention at the time.
How Do You Know You Have Made a “Good” Decision
How do you know you have made a good decision? It is tempting to say, “By the results I achieve”. If only it were that
Check Your Mental Models
We create mental models to help us organize the complicated aspects of our lives. They are combinations of emotions and verbal and non-verbal stimuli. The
Life Is Combustion. Sometimes, that’s Good. Sometimes It’s Not.
When you light a fire (or a candle), that’s combustion. The process goes like this. Ignition: Heat starts the process. When enough heat is applied
The Cure for Bad Information
We naturally gravitate toward information that is easy to collect, familiar, or validates what we believe to be true. Even then, gathering that type of
Curation vs. Compassion
We see what we want to see. We see what others want us to see. We think we show what we want to show (but
The Golden Rule of Decision-Making
The golden rule of decision-making is that it is impossible to make a high-quality decision without knowing what you want (value). Similarly, you will never