Season’s edge

Every quarter marks a boundary, not just a date. Would you plant seeds in winter? Chop wood mid-summer? Of course not. Yet in business, we treat January like October and April like January—days blur together without acknowledging nature’s rhythm. The quarter...

Anchored

The market shifts, a key employee quits, your biggest client walks away – these aren’t storms you invited. Yet here you are, in the churning center. The Stoics understood this distinction perfectly. Epictetus reminded us that while we cannot control...

Energy choice

We all interact with others daily. Every encounter presents a choice: regenerate positive energy through kindness or deplete yourself through negativity. History repeats this pattern. When Mother Teresa served Calcutta’s poorest, her energy expanded. When Viktor...

Necessary friction

In a world where comfort rules, teams falter. The Lincoln cabinet, notoriously filled with rivals, produced America’s most consequential presidency. Lincoln deliberately assembled strong-minded individuals with conflicting views—what historian Doris Kearns...

The earned edge

The unseen territory “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” – Walter Wriston Most failures aren’t from what we see coming. They’re from what we don’t see at all. When you’ve traveled the...