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The Echo of Our Fathers’ Words
As Father's Day approaches next weekend, I've been thinking about something sparked by a post from a friend who often inspires me... Mitch Slater. He shared a story about something his dad told him years ago that stayed with him long after the conversation ended. It...
The Annoyance Economy… and the Cost of Profiting From People’s Frustration
Most of us have accepted a certain level of frustration as simply part of modern life. We sit on hold waiting for customer service, click through multiple screens trying to cancel a subscription, get bounced between departments, navigate endless phone trees, delete...
Attention Heroin
Everyone, from both sides of the aisle, needs to push back on administrations that are all in on empowering Silicon Valley to unleash what I call ATTENTION HEROIN indiscriminately on our nation’s children. Not to mention on all of us. And yes, I chose those words,...
THE MOSQUE SHOOTING… The Way I See Things
THE MOSQUE SHOOTING… the way I see things, the Jewish and Muslim communities should be allies against hate, not attacking each other. Both communities know what it feels like to be targeted, feared, dehumanized, and subjected to violence simply for who they are....
Letting Go Isn’t Giving Up
It’s choosing what deserves to come with you… and what doesn’t. There’s something powerful about giving yourself permission to pause, to stop long enough to feel what hurts, acknowledge what’s heavy, and take a clear look at what you’ve been carrying, sometimes for...
Return on Relationship… Not Just Return on Productivity
What we do with the time AI gives back is what really matters. Time is our most valuable commodity. And while AI and other technologies can help us complete tasks faster, saving time in itself isn’t the real value. The value only exists if we do something meaningful...