Expectation Management
Expectations set satisfaction baselines. Managing them means calibrating hope with reality. Under-promise and over-deliver beats the reverse
Learning To Play The Guitar – 6 Months After
Six months transformed fingers from clumsy to competent. Progress is visible now. Guitar teaches patience—results lag effort by months
Monday Moving Forward – Don’t Ride With The Hurricane
Emotional hurricanes demand participation. Monday's chaos wants your energy. Refusing to ride the storm preserves capacity for what matters
Elon Musk, The Entrepreneurial Hustle, And Some Tax Nuances
Elon epitomizes hustle culture while optimizing tax exposure. The entrepreneurial game—maximize visible success, minimize taxable income. Legal but revealing
Time At The Soldier’s Disposition
Military phrase for waiting time between orders. Life contains massive soldier's disposition time—wasted or invested determines life quality
Bitcoin, Banks And A Bewildering Conundrum
Banks dismiss Bitcoin publicly while adopting blockchain privately. The conundrum—they hate the currency but love the technology. Cognitive dissonance at scale
The Convoluted Path To The Perfect Tostada
Perfect tostada requires technique, timing, ingredient quality. The path is convoluted—shortcuts produce mediocrity. Excellence always takes longer than expected
Going Somewhere
Movement without direction is wandering. Direction without movement is dreaming. Going somewhere requires both—clear destination and consistent motion
I’m Not A Cat
This pandemic changed our world in ways we would have never imagined before. One of the things that changed dramatically is how we work.
Unintended Consequences, Convergent Evolution And Stranger Things
Actions trigger unintended cascades. Evolution converges on similar solutions independently. Reality produces stranger outcomes than fiction imagines
Slow Cooking And Camino de Santiago
Slow cooking develops flavors time creates. Camino walking develops insights distance creates. Both require patience modern life refuses to provide
Someone, Somewhere, Is Very Wrong On The Internet
Internet wrongness is infinite. Correcting it all is impossible. The urge to fix every error wastes life. Choose battles or die fighting noise
When Is Being Right Wrong?
Being right but socially destructive—when correctness damages relationships or creates enemies unnecessarily. Sometimes wrong beats right for bigger goals
Convex Payment, The “S” Curve, And Pay Per Epoch
Linear payment models fail for non-linear results. Convex rewards match S-curve performance. Pay per epoch aligns compensation with actual value creation
Mars And Its Columbus
Mars needs its Columbus—someone willing to risk everything for uncertain discovery. The parallel breaks where Columbus exploited and Mars might liberate
Picking It Up From Where You Left
Abandoned projects haunt until resumed or released. Picking up where you left requires courage—facing why you stopped, accepting degraded momentum, starting cold
The Context Is Not The Situation
Situations are facts. Context is interpretation. Confusing them means missing that changing context changes meaning without altering facts
Apple Watch, Bluetooth And Karma
Technology fails reveal character. Apple Watch disconnects during important moments. Karma teaches through inconvenience—attachment to devices creates suffering
The Most Important Part Of Life Is Always Hidden In The Dark
Visible achievements mask invisible foundations. What happens in darkness—practice, failure, preparation—determines what manifests in light
Hit Hard And Settle In The Middle
Negotiation strategy—start extreme, accept moderate. Hitting hard establishes range. Settling middle feels like compromise but achieves initial goal