Everyone Wants the Bicycle Kick
Mastery is nothing more than obsessively focusing on the fundamentals.
Free Riders
Some executives shed responsibility as they climb, but the organization keeps score.
So Punk
The bar is pretty low. All you have to do to win is keep your attention span.
On Founders and Operators
The skills that start a company are not the skills that scale it.
The Floor
When life falls apart, you don't need a philosophy. You need a floor — a short list of things that survive contact with chaos and keep you standing until the season passes.
The Train Never Stops
Empathy goes a long way. But empathy must be met with the burden of command, because the team depends on you.
The Inner Citadel
Marcus Aurelius had absolute power and still wrote that the only real escape was inward. Self-care only works when you confront what's within your own mind.
Drawbridges
"I hate this city," I muttered, stuck at a drawbridge that had added ten minutes to an appointment I was already late for. My son, in the back seat, was telling me how beautiful the view was. He was right.