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...

Puppet strings

Who decides your boundaries? Your “freedom” exists in a carefully constructed box between organizations, communities, government regulations, and social expectations. Corporate ladders, algorithmic feeds, legal frameworks – these invisible puppeteers pull...

When darkness lingers, so does doubt

Sunshine isn’t just weather—it’s medicine. Those who’ve migrated from sun-drenched regions to winter-gray skies know the transformation isn’t merely external. Science confirms what our bodies already know. A Northwestern University study found...

Hate means truth

Nobody hated your work today. Again. Comfortable mediocrity feels safe. When everyone likes what you do, you’re invisible. The middle of the bell curve is crowded real estate. Authentic innovation lives at the edges. It provokes. It challenges. It makes some...

Why bother

We drift through days, reacting to notifications and urgent but unimportant demands. The schedule fills itself. The to-do list grows. We diligently execute plans we never consciously chose. Intentionality is the antidote to drift. It’s deciding where your...