Ever get into poison oak or ivy and spend days of your life in misery, struggling desperately to keep from scratching your skin off? Or gotten bitten up by mosquitos so badly you look like the kid from the Skittles Pox commercial? There is no magic cure, but there is[…] Read On
Monthly Archives: November 2018
The United States of Idiocracy
“The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes that genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources were focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections.” — Idiocracy When we’re little we want to be big. It’s only[…] Read On
The Fall of Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn and the Case of the Missing Moral Compass
Carlos Ghosn. What to make of the stunning and sudden demise of a global auto industry icon? As chairman of Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault, Ghosn had a ridiculous amount of power. Was it too much power? Did he succumb to the seduction of celebrity and believe the rules no longer[…] Read On
The War on Free–I Mean–Hate Speech
Twitter blew up today over conservatives getting permanently banned from the platform. This time it’s former Marine vet, talk radio host and failed congressional candidate Jesse Kelly. Twitter has yet to give Kelly a reason beyond the usual repeated violations of its vague and selectively-enforced rules. What’s ironic is that[…] Read On
The Quintessential Career Decision: Entrepreneur or Corporate?
Somewhere between lowly peon and rock-star CEO is a sweet spot where our careers flourish. We spend our entire adult lives fleeing the former, frantically scaling the corporate ladder like some crazed workaholic monkey to attain the latter, all in an effort to hopefully find that elusive sweet spot where[…] Read On
The Mindset of a Winner
While mentoring a very sharp young entrepreneur the other day I got to thinking about how things might have turned out if my career began today instead of way back in the dark ages. What if I’d gone the entrepreneurial route instead of working for a big tech company like[…] Read On
It’s Thanksgiving: My Oddly Specific Thankfulness List
“So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald… striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks[…] Read On