The map you keep ignoring

Every leader has guiding principles. Most just can’t name them. That is the problem. Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway on a single unwavering principle: invest in businesses with durable competitive advantages, then do nothing. Not clever tactics. Not...

The weight of more

The gym down the street just added a hydromassage chair. And a smoothie bar. And something called a “recovery zone” with infrared saunas. I watched them install it all through the window while walking past outside. They are trying to solve a problem that...

Going dark

We schedule meetings with remarkable precision. Thirty minutes to review slides. Fifteen minutes for a coffee catch-up. An hour blocked for “strategy” that becomes an email processing session interrupted by Slack notifications and the third “quick...

Color-coded action

What gets scheduled gets done, but only if we protect what we schedule. We block time for others effortlessly. Client calls, team meetings, coffee conversations. Yet the work that moves our business forward? The strategic thinking that creates value? We leave it to...

Being still v standing still

A story is told that Walter Massa, an Italian winemaker from Tortona, offered this distinction: “We shouldn’t stand still. We should be still.” A subtle difference. One you likely caught immediately. Standing still suggests paralysis. Frozen by...