…for your journey? When captured this list I was in Startup mode, and it was an idea I captured after a run — the title: “Things you need for a startup as well as a trail run in the rain.” I think there were 10. While cleaning up my Evernote, and recently inspired by this incredible post by Scott Belsky — “some sunday thoughts on…

There is a proverb that likens one’s children to arrows. If you have kids you want them to fly! To make an impact. To live well. When they do, the joy, pride, and surprise is unlike any other human experience. An example of this was something my daughter wrote recently…

Its obvious and widely accepted that taking notes is important, just ask Leonardo da Vinci or Richard Branson. And I’ve written elsewhere about Notebooks, Journals, and Common Place Books why it’s generally a good idea. But here is a tactic I use in note taking or journalling, an example, and…

When we’re stuck we might say we’re off track. And yet its rare that we hit our goals as smoothly as though riding on rails. In fact, if a train is off the tracks, a huge disaster has occurred. Most of impediments to progress are not as on the order…

Robin Sharma’s writing captivated me with this quote some years ago. I still think about this principle often. Change is hard in the beginning, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end. I find myself regularly at the beginning. A life motto I keep going back to is that…

In the age of generative AI where you can install a Chrome plug-in that automatically summarizes results of google searches or articles you’re reading, you might ask why bother writing anything? Sidebar: Perhaps this question is most critically addressed to students. And did you know that ChatGPT usage data has…

The erosion is slow. But eventually the advantage is just gone and something else has completely replaced it. Submarine duty in the US Navy is known as “silent service” because of the quiet nature of the duties aboard a sub. Stealth, the ability to run silent and go unnoticed in…

John Adams, a chief advocate of the Declaration of Independence, died on July 4th, 1826. Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, died on July 4th, 1826. Yes, they died on the same day! And it was the nation’s 50th birthday. According to John Quincey Adams (John Adam’s…

Good Writing has value. For you or for someone else. For me, its value is a sense of achievement and it helps me think more clearly. But I want it to be good. And to hit the Publish button with confidence that I did my best. …