An accidental epiphany — Issa is finally old enough that he doesn’t want to go to sleep at nights. So we stumbled into this new...

“Those who cannot trust, control.” I’m still processing this deep observation. Wow. I think it will be very useful in management, too....

I asked a mentee yesterday why she has no LinkedIn profile picture; and initials for a name. I was about to give her a lecture on the...

“If busyness is your drug, then rest will feel like stress.” What an interesting perspective. Let’s make sure we are busy for the right...

was thinking about some of my life decisions yesterday, and the difference between regret when I didn’t listen to someone else’s advice,...

My Father’s Day present was 24 hours off from life — I had an evening and a morning to myself, in a hotel room, alone, with no...

It takes time and effort to care. Especially at work. So if you have a friend, a manager, a colleague, who cares, make sure you notice...

It’s incredible what just one or two days of stopping can do. Issa has been pretty sick for a week. Multiple trips to urgent care,...

I was catching up with a managing partner of an AmLaw 10 firm and they said the firm’s management is struggling to understand why so many...

Continuing the theme of creating space from yesterday’s post, I love this wonderful observation by French Philosopher Gilles Deleuze....

“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.” - Lao Tzu How often are we busy doing nothing? It’s something I’ll ponder over...

I was catching myself saying a lot of don’ts to Issa: “Don’t climb the table!” “Don’t run around with a pen!” “Don’t put that in your...

If there’s one thing I could tell my younger self, it’s this: “Don’t be afraid to face who you are.” Much of our lives, we are running...

Amazing quote from American sociologist Charles Horton Cooley: "I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think...

Issa has picked up a habit of saying “gooood morrrning!” to every toy / object we turn on for him. (I think it’s because we usually turn...

We often want to “lose weight,” “lose weight,” “lose weight.” But focusing on losing weight often leads to even more weight —> the law of...

When I was younger, I thought Freedom was about doing the things I wanted to do. I realize now, that was a juvenile definition of Freedom...