CHAPTER 6

I started this tale a few weeks ago, sharing with you the story of the remaking of my professional life.

Hopefully there was something useful in it for you.

Because the telling of it help...

CHAPTER 5

Goodbye to all of that, Or How I became my own Help Desk

I’d been pulling someone else’s plow for decades and was ready for a change. Influenced by Villians and Heroes alike, I decided to ...

CHAPTER 4

I’ve told you a bit about How I got Here, the Heroes & Villains who shaped my thinking as well as some of the Ideas & Books which turned my head as I thought about the next phases of my pro...

CHAPTER 3

Back to where we left off,  “The Practicing Stoic, A Philosophical User’s Manual,” by Ward Farnsworth, a.k.a. hero #2.*

There are several reasons to like this book.  First, it's a beautifu...

Chapter 2

The COVID lockdown was a frightening, perspective altering time.

For my wife and I, family life was turned upside down.  Our families live far away, some in Europe.   We could no longer ea...

CHAPTER 1

I want to tell you a story.  

It will come as a series in this blogspace.

It’s a story about why I decided to leave working for a large company after many years and excellent experiences,...

I'd been with my previous company for 10 years and was a respected leader.  Six months ago, I joined a new firm and struggle to get buy-in for my vision.  Did I make a mistake switching companies?

Fi...

On habit, ritual and things which go bump in the night…

Habits and rituals are useful mental shortcuts: filters helping us cope with the daily deluge of data modern life dumps over us, conserving and...