My oldest daughter is about to graduate from UC Davis. She is a beautiful artist despite the economics degree she will receive in June. As a very young girl, the artistic process dogged her a bit. A particular dragon she had repeatedly been drawing saw iteration...
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The Hard Part About Decisions
The fall of the Berlin Wall, which occurred in 1989, is one of the most important moments of the 20th century. It also happened by accident, because of a faulty decision. Guenter Schabowski, a spokesman for the East German Politburo, was hosting a press conference...
Fortune Follows The Bold
If you believe the experts, we’re are in the worst crisis in the history of crises. That sounds gloomy — and it is. Your thumbs push story after story through your feeds of the world doing its best to hop into the flaming dumpster behind a taco bell. You long to curl...
It’s Time To Break Some Eggs
On a rainy Sunday afternoon last week, we turned on a YouTube fireplace and enjoyed the digital crackling fire here in Southern California (that’s how we do fires here). During a commercial break, I watched an ad for a dating app called Hinge. Their...