Projects begun but not completed, agreements made but not followed through with, these are all open loops. Open loops are like airplanes that have taken off but not landed. We are in the control tower, and the more open loops we have, the more stress and distraction. So land as many as you can. Close […]
(Inspired my my late friend and mentor, Joe Dominguez.) A tree does not agonize over the decision “shall I put my branch here or here.” What decisions are sapping more of your energy than you need to allow? There are certain decisions over which we simply don’t need to agonize. […]
How good are you willing to let it get? […]
When I was a child, my mother said to me, “Alan, life is about learning and growing. That’s what life is about. You can never stop learning and growing.” Of course, back then, they were just words. I was little. When I was 17, she said to me, “Alan, my parenting work is done. You […]
What happens when you see yourself at the bottom of your game? I don’t care if you’re at the top or the bottom. You still have two directions to choose from. And I don’t care how many times you fall off the horse. All I care about is that you keep getting on the horse. […]