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.
Sometimes, What You Stop Doing is More Important
Innovation and reinvention are the lifeblood of healthy firms and happy professionals. Starting is the easy part. We struggle to innovate because we don’t know what
Beware the Two Answer Question
“Should I quit my job or not?” “Should we go to Paris or Rome? “Should we fire our idiot financial advisor or not?” Think of
You Don’t Need to do It Yourself
You can’t do it alone, and more to the point, you don’t need to. Find and recruit three kinds of people to Team You. Angels
Things Mean What You Make Them
One of the most beloved poems in American literature is Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” The most famous line is . . . Two roads
One Motivation to Rule Them All
If I had to pick one human motivation to “rule them all,” it would be a connection to others. All mentally healthy people want to
Decisions aren’t found under a rock
A decision is more than an intention, though intentions are often considered decisions. The distinction is essential. A decision is an intentional allocation of resources.