When you’re ready

The teacher appears when the student is ready, they say. But maybe it’s backwards. Maybe the teacher was always there. The opportunity. The insight. The next move that would change everything. You just weren’t looking. Consider the radio wave. It’s...

Tell me…

Brillat-Savarin knew something profound when he penned “tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are.” But he barely scratched the surface. Show me your calendar and I’ll show you your priorities. Not the priorities you claim, but the ones...

Focus on what you know

We live in a business culture that celebrates the unknown—the next breakthrough, the disruptive technology, the untapped market. Yet while we fixate on what we don’t know, we often overlook the profound power of what we already know. Every successful scaling...

Are you drifting?

“What’s your philosophy?” Pete Carroll asked this after fifteen mediocre seasons coaching football. The answer changed everything, leading to championships at USC and a Super Bowl with Seattle. Most leaders I meet don’t have an answer....

Can you still think?

We’re drowning in content that sounds the same because it is very much the same. It comes from the same source: algorithms trained on what already exists, not human minds wrestling with problems. The convenience is seductive. Why struggle with your thoughts when...