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.
Intentions and Attention
Attention is finite. We only have so much to spend per unit of time. Each distraction chips away at this incredible precious commodity until there
Letter to my Daughter on her High School Graduation
If you are a father of a daughter, this will likely strike a cord with you. I wrote it in June of 2002. Still gets
Musing on the Nature of Art
This is taken from a long email interchange between me and a very good friend who has since passed. A terrible blow which makes rediscovering
You Need a Craft
This might be one of my favorite essays from 2002 . . . a massive hat tip to two great musicians, one a gifted teacher,
Our Children Are Watching
In 2002 I was thinking a lot about the ethical storm large companies were caught in, the drums of war in Central Asia, and my
Giving Thanks . . .
I wrote this on Thanksgiving, 2002, a bit more than a year removed from 9.11.01 . . . a good time to be thinking grateful