When did you stop trusting yourself?

When did you stop trusting yourself?

I resisted writing this. Even now it feels disloyal; it feels like stepping out of line. There is no single incident, no scandal, no dramatic rupture. What I am trying to describe is quieter: a long pattern, and the way I accommodated it for peace in the moment,...
No Santa Claus?

No Santa Claus?

In this season of good cheer, I share a gentle reminder. Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman...
What do we protect in ourselves?

What do we protect in ourselves?

I remember driving through traffic last night on I-90, entering Boston, when Tristan Harris, former Google design ethicist, warned on The Diary of a CEO podcast that AI is becoming an existential threat. He compared its scale to nuclear weapons and to the...
Ease is Data

Ease is Data

Founders and leaders make decisions under pressure, with incomplete information and relentless change. We’re trained to trust logic, yet reason alone often falters when the map no longer matches the terrain. This essay explores what happens when we expand...