Life is now. We keep waiting for that amazing thing to happen in the future that will be the key to our happiness. But this is it. Right now. Life is a series of “right nows”. So learn to love your “right now” and you’ll have an amazing life.
Live Your Eulogy, not Your Resume
Watch this short TED Talk by David Brooks. Amazingly deep. In less than 4 minutes he clearly evokes and advocates the need to live life based first on values and second on skills that define success in the business world. For some, a eulogy is the first and only time their life’s impact has been […]
If we’re so agile why celebrate waterfall?
Several years ago I was the PM on a two year long waterfall infrastructure project. We all worked our tails off and upon completion were given a celebration luncheon. We who lost the most sleep were celebrating that we worked 18 hour days, had just completed a 72 hour rollout of a new system, and […]
Chipotle and the art of adopting values over products
This is a reprint of a a post from a blog I wrote on the intranet of a company I used to work for Earlier today I was reading an article on Slate.com about Chipotle. The company has an interesting product in the fast food arena. For those of you living on Mars, they make […]
The knack of flying and landing
“There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. Its knack lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss. “Pick a nice day, it suggests, and try it. The first part is easy. All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness […]