Year: 2023

Well now I’m just being confusing on purpose. This is about my old pal, Captain Al. That’s Al, as in Alan, not AI as in Artificial Intelligence. But it’s also about that, too. Back in…

I love summer. The daylight is long, the sleeves are short. Bike rides to the coffee shop, long walks with the dog, baseball games…. And it’s still nice enough outside to do these things. (Oh,…

It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…

We’re getting toward the end of the week and to help us make it to the weekend, I’d like to share some more reasons why you are worth whatever you are being paid (or think…

Here’s a story I’d love to share with you, about two of my very favorite authors: Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut. I read Catch-22 in high school and credit Heller with influencing my perspective and…

How do you measure success? Not just your KPI or your OKR* or whatever else appears on your performance dashboard at work. Just you, personally. How do you know when you’ve done something good, something…

It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…

Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! The party started yesterday: a birthday celebration with my beautiful family. And a special celebrity guest, Icing Albert Camus. And a frosting-based reenactment of…

My friends, today I’d like to share with you one of my very favorite quotes. I hope you enjoy it too. “My dear, In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an…

Do you love your job? Whether you answered “yes” or “no” or “are you nuts?” or anything else not fit for print,  maybe work can be better. One item at a time. That thing might…