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The Art of Lingering
The Art of Lingering
I am by nature (and by now, choice) a task-oriented person. I’ve an efficiency/optimization mindset and an achievement mentality and in terms of business success…
January 21, 2025
You Got to Have Some Never, Nevers
Never, Nevers are your core absolutes, parts of you that are foundational to your very being, central to your identity. Some come from your upbring,…
January 16, 2025
The Fruit Bares No Resemblance to the Seed
Actions have consequences. You can choose your actions; your control over the consequences is limited at best. The challenge is that we often do not…
January 9, 2025
The Price of Security is…
The price of security is, ironically, a deep awareness of insecurity. Or at least an ongoing appreciation of the fragility of any form of safety…
January 7, 2025
Buen Camino
Buen is Spanish for ‘good’ and camino can mean road, path, journey or way. The phrase ‘buen camino’ is a greeting most commonly associated with…
December 26, 2024
Going Unconscious is Not a Solution
By ‘going unconscious’ I’m referring to indulging in various forms of denial including refusing to recognize any possible contribution we might have made to our…
December 17, 2024
What Fires Together Wires Together
‘What Fires Together Wires Together’ is from Hebb’s Rule, a neuropsychological theory explaining the increase in synaptic efficacy arising from one cell’s repeated and persistent…
December 5, 2024
The Bad Apple Effect
I’m going to combine several of my favorite sayings: 1) ‘You tend to become the sum total of the 5 people you spend the most…
November 19, 2024
What Do You See?
There is the story of two folks looking out a window; one sees a muddy field, another sees the sun breaking through the clouds. Perception…
November 14, 2024
Speaking Gently: Three Gates Plus a 4th
The great Sufi poet, Rumi, believed that before we speak, our words should pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it…
November 12, 2024
A Lie That Helped Me
How can a lie be helpful? Well, try this one on for size: ‘Personality’ is an illusion we invent. As I say/read the above, most…
October 31, 2024