The tree-puller

November 7, 2018

We don’t necessarily get to choose our customers, especially if our focus is a boss or internal client. But we do get choose where we spend our discretionary energies: with the... READ MORE

Different path

November 4, 2018

It might be easier to live by their standards. To miss deadlines, to have a relaxed relationship with commitments, to say yes in the creeping knowledge that you’ve already said too... READ MORE

The right thing

October 30, 2018

You do enough stuff, things are likely to fall short once in a while. And when that happens, folk are likely to complain. Assuming you already did whatever you could to... READ MORE

Just not just that

October 28, 2018

In the heat of the moment, when you’re focused on the task at hand and your event horizon extends only an inch in front of your shoes, it’s too easy to... READ MORE

Same as you

October 27, 2018

There are some difficult people in the world. And the nature of life is that one or more of them may be on the other side of the table when you’re... READ MORE