All Plans Fail The risk/reward ratio of planning reveals our true interest. When I plan, I want the end to be exactly like I plan it. This has never happened. Isn't it odd that the one thing we can't do is make a 100% accurate plan? Reality will
No News is... Mom always said that when it comes to raising teenage boys, no news was good news. We didn't call much in the landline era, but we were usually home on time, so if she never got a call, it was okay with her. I spent the past 6
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Damnation "One learns who one is, and it is at one's peril that one attempts to become someone else." John Barth The true self exists within - to be a mimic is to forsake that true self.
What other people think is none of my business, anyway. "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual & in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness & meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what
True Independence If you do something truly independent, individual, specific and extraordinary in its "you-ness", then it can not be accepted, at least at first. By definition, it is not what everyone else thinks/does/believes. "Only dead fish go with the flow." - David Ogilvy
This is what we do "Because this is what we do." It caught me off guard when the developer said this to the City Manager during a disagreement about how restrictive or accommodative public policy ought to be toward construction. The fact that it was the base reason, no further explanation was needed,
Authority Blind Spots When people have an area in which they are not comfortable, or feel like it's out of their realm of understanding, they tend to attribute authority to anyone who can answer a question about that area. When I build websites for people, they inevitably ask me about their
Confidence vs Trust Confidence is a me word. Trust is a relationship word. Confidence is push/pull. Trust is give/receive. Confidence is variable. Trust is dynamic.
Systemic errors I once made a beautiful study device. It was for Greek. It was a custom-copied and bound compilation of the noun and verb charts needed to accurately perform translations. I worked in the university print shop, so I had the resources to make it. It was beautiful. Compact, efficient and