“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training.” – Attributed to Archilochus, Greek soldier, circa 650 B.C. One of the neat outcomes of these notes is that through the years of writing them and reading them, we refine our joint understanding of how best to think, […]

Instead of asking, “How do I feel?” you should be asking yourself, “What do I do?” Trevor Moawad was an advocate of neutral thinking.  Here’s the idea: The past is the past.  What happened, happened.  There’s not a thing you can do to change it. Feeling down.  Feeling sorry.  Losing energy because of a negative […]

It was the year 2012 when the new season of the TV show Undercover Boss started on CBS – following 60 Minutes on Sunday nights.   You probably know the drill. A boss puts on a disguise and goes to work doing jobs in the company he or she doesn’t usually do. It makes for a good show […]

“Humble yourself.  Or the game will humble you.” – Joakim Noah , NBA star Joakim Noah is special to me because he was a stalwart on the Florida Gator basketball team that won national championships in 2006 and 2007.  He was a first-round draft pick and played in the NBA for 13 years. He was known […]