We all want to be success stories. Stars. Winners. What if I told you that the best way to get there is to always be the underdog? To never be satisfied with your own accomplishments. That adversity makes us strive that much harder to succeed. And that competitive spirit is[…] Read On
When I studied physics in college and engineering in grad school, I kept wondering when we were going to stop trying to use grossly oversimplified one and two-dimensional models to explain complex phenomenon in the real three-dimensional world. The thing is, we never did. I’m sure that sort of modeling[…] Read On
Everyone talks about bringing together our divided nation, and yet we’re only becoming more and more fractured. That troubling trend is spreading to the workplace, where more and more CEOs feel emboldened to push their own political ideology. Never mind the risk of disrupting their organizations and alienating half their[…] Read On
Everyone’s losing their shit over Trump’s tariffs. The threat of trade war and decline in international trade have economists, pundits and politicians on both sides of the isle worried. The question is, are we really seeing the beginning of the end of a quarter century of globalization? Is protectionism really ascendent?[…] Read On
If collaboration is king, then how come the one thing that distinguishes the most successful entrepreneurs of the modern era is their absolute faith in themselves? Despite long odds and hoards of naysayers, they listened to their gut, carved their own path and won big. They trusted their own focus[…] Read On
In case you didn’t know, I’m very into cooking. Asian cuisine in particular but I dabble in Italian, Cajun and Mexican, among others. Don’t call me a foodie; that’s just a fad. I’ve been doing this since I was a kid back in the dark ages. One of my favorite shows, Food[…] Read On
How do you measure success? Probably not the same way I do. And therein lies the rub. Success, like happiness, is entirely subjective. It can mean vastly different things to different people. It’s also an outcome. An effect, not a cause. A culmination of actions and events. In other words,[…] Read On