by unthink | Dec 25, 2025 | Blog Post
We’ve confused speed with progress. The espresso in an Italian café takes thirty seconds to pull, maybe sixty seconds to drink. But the ritual? That takes thirty minutes. The barista who knows your name. The conversation that meanders. The observation of life...
by unthink | Dec 24, 2025 | Blog Post
I have been thinking about traditions, especially considering he time of the year – not in some grand philosophical way, but while watching others in a coffee shop carefully folding a napkin. Their napkin. The way they’d been taught. The way their...
by unthink | Dec 22, 2025 | Blog Post
We’ve heard the stories. Hundreds of voices, consistent patterns, documented experiences. Yet we wait. We wait for the handwritten confession. The authenticated document. The smoking gun from beyond the grave. As if truth requires a signature. The paradox...
by unthink | Dec 20, 2025 | Blog Post
I was talking with a professional soccer coach last week. He told me he wanted to sign a player, then discovered a better league was interested in the player. Given who the coach is, his response did not surprise me. He let the player go. Not because he didn’t...
by unthink | Dec 19, 2025 | Blog Post
We wouldn’t hand a Ferrari to someone who just got their license last week. The thought alone makes us wince. The speed, the power, the responsibility – it’s not about gatekeeping. It’s about readiness. We want them to survive the drive. We...
by unthink | Dec 18, 2025 | Blog Post
I’ve been thinking about books lately. Not just what they contain, but what they represent. A bookshelf tells a story that its owner rarely intends to share. The worn spine of a business classic. The pristine copy of a bestseller we swore we’d read. The...