You can’t see a habit at a hundred miles an hourIn our last newsletter, we argued that practice does not make perfect, it makes a way of thinking persistent. Some of that habitual…Aug 2, 2024Aug 2, 2024
Never waste your timeIn this third part in a series on our relationship to time, we want to address the idea of “wasting time”.Jun 11, 2024Jun 11, 2024
Is your time too tight?Last newsletter we challenged the habit of thinking of time as a resource that can be wasted or taken from you. Time-as-resource is not the…Jun 11, 2024Jun 11, 2024
Are you the author or the character in your stories?We are always scripting the stories of our lives to make sense of the world and assign meaning to it — defining what we like and dislike…Jul 5, 2023Jul 5, 2023
How much do you hit the brakes?The trails of New York’s Blue Mountain in Peekskill are riddled with bumps and rocks, unexpected holes and trees that appear “suddenly” in…Apr 4, 2023Apr 4, 2023
Palatable messaging and finicky ratsI read some talking points recently — supplied to a client by their HR business partner — that were engineered to help an executive feel…Mar 10, 2023Mar 10, 2023
Who says I can’t?At the US Army’s Airborne School, candidates learn to parachute in rapid succession out of a c-130, 1,250 feet over a drop zone. Before…Feb 21, 2023Feb 21, 2023
Are you speeding past the signs?Have you ever been in such a rush to get somewhere, you miss your exit and make yourself late? A client said he was speeding to get his…Jan 28, 2023Jan 28, 2023
It’s not ThanksgettingImagine Thanksgiving is now Thanksgetting. You have a whole day in which you dedicate time to getting as many thanks from people as you…Nov 20, 2022Nov 20, 2022
