I used to laugh at out-of-shape people jogging. Seeing them covered in sweat. Moving barely faster than a walk. It made me chuckle. I was awful back then. Then my girlfriend moved to the top of a 15 story high hill. Walking seemed the faster option. I immediately gained an appreciation for the effort just [...]

My first year of consulting I learned to always have a point of view.   Clients paid us hundreds of dollars an hour. Clients expected us to contribute to a conversation or idea with our own thought-out point of view. A dissenting opinion that challenged the status quo was preferable to vigorous head nodding agreement. [...]

I’m fine working with racists. I’ve done it my entire professional life. In my senior year of high school, I woke up at 5 am to work 4 hours in a furniture mill. My supervisor was racist. My teammate was a swastika tattoo having skinhead. He was a good teammate. Gave me some good tips. [...]

Unless you write it down. Get any piece of paper. Grab a pen. Now write down why you are here. Look at what you wrote. Now one of two things have happened at this point. You either wrote down your mission or you didn’t. If you did write something down, great! Ask yourself if what [...]