Choose Your Axes
The title of the post, “Choose Your Axes”, might make you it’s a post about the currently-popular entertainment of axe-throwing. But this is not about throwing axes. It’s about… Continue Reading...
Jeff Bezos and Choosing: A Story
Here’s a great story, delivered by Jeff Bezos during his commencement address at Princeton in 2010 (video of speech, transcript).
On one particular trip, I was about… Continue Reading...
Why Good Leaders “Plant the Flag”
Sometimes the most powerful concepts are the simplest. Leadership in today’s world is driven by influence and the ability to get people to voluntarily enroll. But how to get people… Continue Reading...
You Can Do It
Seven years ago today I did a very strange thing: I published the first post of this blog. It was a step into the unknown and frankly felt ridiculous. Nobody… Continue Reading...
Travel The World – From Your Phone
I have recently finished Paul Theroux’s latest book On the Plain of Snakes, which details his recent travels from his home on Cape Cod to the US/Mexico border and… Continue Reading...
Remembering the Kurds – 1991
This is a departure from my normal content, but given the situation faced by our Kurdish allies upon the sudden withdrawal of US support, I thought I would post a… Continue Reading...
