Mending Is Better Than Ending
Why repair what’s broken when you can discard it? Why wrestle with suffering when you can anesthetize it? Why invest in healing when replacement is more efficient? Continue reading Mending Is Better Than Ending
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Breaking Down Barriers: AI’s Role in Authentic Writing
But those rough edges were never the source of authenticity. They were just markers of who could and couldn’t afford good editing.
The machine didn’t give me my ideas, create my arguments, or manufacture my voice. It did what my human editors did—helped me find the words that were always there but just out of reach. Continue reading Breaking Down Barriers: AI’s Role in Authentic Writing
The Quiet After the Storm
In that strange stillness between chaos and clarity, between what was and what’s coming, we’re telling ourselves stories that don’t quite match what’s actually unfolding. Continue reading The Quiet After the Storm
Retiring To Something (Not From Something)
For most of my life, I’ve been wired to build, lead, and plan. Retirement felt like stepping out of a story I’ve been writing for decades — an ending, a withdrawal. But lately I’ve realized: you don’t retire from something. You retire to something. Continue reading Retiring To Something (Not From Something)
What We Teach, What We Learn
In this sense, fatherhood itself is evolving—from guarding the perimeter to cultivating the garden. From giving answers to making space for questions. From enforcing conformity to empowering individuality. Continue reading What We Teach, What We Learn
My Father’s Panic—and Why I’m Writing Twenty Five Hours
Looking back, I wonder if my dad lived in a slow-burning panic for decades—rarely joyful, always working, holding everything tight inside. To us kids, he seemed distant, tired, and distracted. Continue reading My Father’s Panic—and Why I’m Writing Twenty Five Hours
Common Values: Rediscovering What Makes Us Great
America’s greatness has never been about uniformity—it’s about diversity of thought, respectful disagreement, and defending each other anyway. We must resist the blind thirst for power, hold to the Constitution even when it pinches, and rediscover what unites us. Never give up the ship. Continue reading Common Values: Rediscovering What Makes Us Great
Untangling Emotions: What Fishing Taught Me About Communication
When faced with tension—misunderstandings, judgments, emotional overload—we so often react by pulling. We try to force clarity. We double down on blame, either toward others or ourselves. And like the fishing line, the more pressure we apply, the more complicated the tangle becomes. Continue reading Untangling Emotions: What Fishing Taught Me About Communication
Why I Stopped Being the Boss: How Teal Leadership Changed My Life
But implementing that vision meant confronting my own paternal instincts. I had to unlearn habits built over years: controlling outcomes, protecting people from discomfort, making decisions for them. It was uncomfortable. It required humility. But it was liberating. Continue reading Why I Stopped Being the Boss: How Teal Leadership Changed My Life
What If They’re Not Fragile, But Equipped?
But under the satire lies a deeper truth: we are five generations sharing the same workplaces—Traditionalists, Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z—and we’re still trying to understand each other. While older generations bring experience, younger ones are often branded with unfair labels like “fragile” or “lazy.” Continue reading What If They’re Not Fragile, But Equipped?
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