You know how this goes. Something you’ve been working toward doesn’t happen. Maybe it’s an opportunity you were excited about, a conversation you thought would go differently, or a plan that seemed perfectly reasonable until reality decided otherwise. And before you’ve even had time to be disappointed, your brain is already looking for an explanation….
You spot a minor inconvenience, and suddenly your brain is assembling a task force, drafting a strategic plan, and scheduling a meeting nobody wanted to attend. Congratulations. You’ve turned a passing observation into a part-time job. We’re remarkably good at this. Maybe an idea pops into your head during a conversation, or you notice something…
I’ve spent most of my adult life questioning things. Systems, assumptions, conventional wisdom, established practices, and the occasional expert who seems personally offended by the suggestion that something might work differently. It’s not that I automatically assume everyone else is wrong. I just don’t believe something becomes true simply because enough people have agreed to…
If you’ve been around here long enough, you might remember The Friday Five, a weekly email I wrote for about ten years featuring interesting things I found around the web. Later, I had another little feature called Musings, where I’d share thoughts, observations, quotes, and whatever else had been wandering around my brain. And if…
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