When you stop to think

Bill Gates would vanish into the woods for a week each year during Microsoft’s peak. No emails. No meetings. Just books and deep thinking. But this wasn’t casual reading. While others devoured business books searching for success formulas, Gates hunted for...

Blurred vision

We confuse abundance with clarity. Our dashboards overflow with numbers, each claiming importance, each demanding attention. Priority used to mean one – the first, the vital. Now, we juggle ten “priorities,” pretending they all matter equally. Strip...

Finding cause to celebrate

It is the most exciting day of the year. December 23 is a big day for me. It’s not a birthday or an anniversary but rather one dictated by the solar system and the Earth’s rotation. Today is when the northern hemisphere has its shortest day. Not that I am...

When hope is not enough

History teaches us about hope’s true power. Viktor Frankl found meaning in concentration camps. Nelson Mandela kept hope alive through 27 years of imprisonment. Their stories illuminate when hope matters most. But there’s a dangerous flip side. Too many...

Challenge your truth

You say you’re open-minded. But are you? Most claim they welcome new perspectives. They don’t. They welcome confirmation. We seek validation, not truth. It’s human nature – comfortable, predictable, safe. But greatness rarely emerges from...