Four Words for 2024In reflecting on what went well (and what didn’t) in 2023, and on what I’d like to do better in 2024, I didn’t want to come up with a…Dec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023
Fear, Revisited.A recent medical scare caused me to reflect on transience, impermanence, and loss; it also caused me to think about simpler, more…Oct 5, 2023Oct 5, 2023
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The one thing you need to know for a good life: A is A.Aristotle’s famous law of identity states that “A is A” — that is, a thing is identical to itself. While this may seem fairly trivial…Dec 1, 20221Dec 1, 20221
Self-Discovery on Two WheelsIn May and June, my wife and I were on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, motorcycling in Tuscany and on the rugged islands of Sardinia and…Sep 22, 2022Sep 22, 2022
People are the solution, not the problem.A few weeks ago, I was traveling in Montana, Wyoming, and California, skiing and snowmobiling with family and friends. The first part of my…Mar 22, 2022Mar 22, 2022
Is Planning Good or Bad? Yes.Some familiar quotes have been swirling in my head over the last couple of weeks or so, as I’ve been making plans for the New Year:Jan 13, 2022Jan 13, 2022
How to Create More Freedom at WorkFrom the greeter at Walmart to the highest-paid Fortune 500 CEO, those who work for someone else are faced with severe constraints on how…Nov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021
Published inScaling PeaksA Humble Recommendation for Intellectual HumilityIntellectual humility as a virtue has taken a real beating lately: our bruising political “discourse,” rancorous media punditry, and…Mar 25, 2021Mar 25, 2021