Swim in your lane

The pool analogy is perfect for understanding competitive strategy. Every swimmer knows that looking sideways at competitors mid-race is a guaranteed way to lose speed, break rhythm, and ultimately finish behind those who kept their eyes forward. Yet in business,...

Unchained

Cleaning out my mind tonight No space for what went wrong Remember to forget the hurt Peace will come along Why wallow in yesterday’s tears When today is calling out Tomorrow’s window opens wide To anything we choose, no doubt Bitterness behind this time...

Delegate or perish

The founder was working 70 hours weekly. Her company was stuck at $5 million in revenue. When asked what she needed most, she said, “More time.” Wrong answer. She needed to stop being the bottleneck. Leadership starts with you – but scaling up can’t...

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...