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Is it just about the validation?

You notice this, as you get older: That you can be terribly clever and right all the time, yet still be pretty unsuccessful. How does …

Failure, the mother of success

Anybody trying to do anything creative is haunted by the ever-present idea of failure. That’s because failure is the most likely outcome in any creative …

What does sacrifice really mean?

When I first drew this drawing, I didn’t think much of it. To be honest, my mind was on something else at the time. But …

The Number One Reason Why Everyone’s So Messed Up

This was an idea we were playing with for some friends over at HCA, last year. It doesn’t take much to recognize that so much of human …

Dreaming of ‘Peak You’?

We all dream of that moment arriving. That moment when your career reaches “Peak You”. When your job is no longer just a dress rehearsal …

Find Your Voice

The first part is having something to say. The second part is figuring out how to say it, without getting hurt. Whether we’re talking about …

gratitude is the first sign of mattering

Count Your Blessings

When Granny told you to “count your blessings”, she wasn’t just sharing a nice folksy way to virtue signal, she was teaching you an essential survival …

Your secret fear

We all have a secret fear: That we will one day reach a day of reckoning, when we realize that instead of writing that novel …

The art of forgiveness

David Ogilvy once said that in order to have business partners, one must learn how to forgive. Why? Because business partners are human, and humans …

A dialogue with the ultimate truth

If you have ever spent any time in Europe, eventually you end up checking out the cathedrals. These amazing buildings, built on faith. And this …

never underestimate the alluring power of safety

We can’t all be Elon Musk…and that’s ok.

Let’s say you read a really inspiring book about a really inspiring business leader. The usual Steve Jobs/Elon Musk/Warren Buffet kinda guy. And his story …