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Compound Learning

It was good to take a few days off. As I was reflecting on how the project’s gone so far, I kept returning to the idea of compound learning.

Compound learning is like compound interest for life. When you persist in working on something long enough, everything you learn…

Taking the Weekend Off

After forty-seven posts in forty-seven days, I’m going to take the three day weekend off from writing.

Writing everyday has become part of my evening routine, like brushing my teeth, except that it takes an hour or two. But the posts this week all took longer…

At Peace And In Place

Today was one of those days when the words won’t come easy. I looked for help to Wendell Berry, my favorite poet, and found this:

In a time that breaks 
in cutting pieces all around,
when men, voiceless
against thing-ridden men,
set themselves on fire, it seems
too…

Saint Valentine’s Day

America has a love/hate relationship with Valentine’s Day. Mostly, people in relationships enjoy it and people who are single resent it. I understand that; pretty much everyone wants romantic love in their lives, and it can be hard to watch the world explode with hearts and flowers when…

What’s the “fiduciary rule”?

President Trump has begun rolling back Obama’s efforts to regulate Wall Street, including what’s called the “fiduciary rule.” That rule requires investment advisors to act in their clients’ best interests, especially in tax-advantaged retirement savings accounts.

What’s Happening with Trump’s Immigration Ban?

Trumps immigration ban was the big story of his first week in office. I spent some time today trying to sort out what’s happened since and where things stand.

What game are you playing?

A mentor of mine once told me that product management boils down to two things: know what game you’re playing, and know how you’re keeping score. The same concept might apply to life.

How to have new conversations with familiar people

After a certain point, conversation in most relationships settles in on a consistent set of topics. For friends, it’s catching up: “How’s work? How’s your significant other? How are your parents?” For coworkers, it might be “How was your…