Mind over maybe

According to a landmark study in the Journal of Research in Personality, individuals with high self-efficacy (belief in their ability to succeed) were 21% more likely to achieve their stated goals than those with similar abilities but lower self-belief. History...

Machines forcing clarity

Back in 1967, IBM programmer George Fuechsel coined a phrase that would echo through computing history: “garbage in, garbage out.” He noticed that programmers often blamed computers for producing wrong results when the real culprit was flawed input data....

It works, mostly

Living in a densely populated area, one expects that, at the very least, one would have a reliable cellular network service. Well, that is not always the case. If we provide a service, our customers may understand and grant us grace for some mishaps, gaps, or...

Gambling with your future

We’re cautious with our financial investments, avoiding declining properties and high-risk ventures. Yet, we often ignore this wisdom in our daily lives. Why do we invest in underperforming team members, hoping they’ll magically improve? Is filling an...

Our commitments

Commitments are character indicators. We may lapse, but consistency reveals our true selves. What we commit to and execute reveals our discipline, fortitude, tenacity, drive, and resolve. Why break promises to ourselves? Who are we lying to, and for what purpose?...

Embrace mediocrity

We strive for perfection. Masterpieces. Bestsellers. Mind-blowing outcomes. But reality isn’t always stellar. For every moment of greatness, there are periods of mediocrity. To create a masterpiece, we produce countless suboptimal works. Without the mediocre, we...