Power Is the Product
Toxic organizations are not failing businesses. They are functioning vehicles — built, consciously or not, to serve the ego and power needs of the people who run them. Profit is the cover story.
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Visiting Kennedy Space Center with my kids over President's Day Weekend — and meeting a real astronaut — was a reminder that excellence is never accidental. It is built deliberately, over decades.
The Super Bowl, Bad Bunny, and What It Means to Be American
Critics called Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance "un-American" because it was in Spanish. They forgot that Spanish has been spoken in what is now the United States since 1513—decades before Jamestown or Plymouth
Breaking the Responsiveness Trap
The expectation of instant responsiveness—to emails, texts, calls—has turned most of us into human automatons. The day I replaced my Apple Watch with a mechanical watch, I started breaking that rule. Gradually, deliberately, I reclaimed the mental bandwidth to do actual work.
A Walk Around the Block
A morning walk with my kids became a lesson in presence. Last year, I wouldn't have had the patience for this. Cutting social media distractions gave me back the attention my children deserve.