The initial title for this post was: Competence is king. But the car crashed along the way. A bulldozer came out of nowhere and smashed into it’s side. Now here we are. A disfigured vehicle, a sorry bulldozer and one drunk driver — or two. Where do we go from…

Every living thing will die. But not every living thing will evolve. For an organism to evolve, something has to happen. It doesn’t have to be something spectacularly large. Usually, it’s something small. A small change. A mutation. If you’re a fan of wildlife documentaries, you’d appreciate seeing how animals…

Ohm’s Law. V = I x R Where V = Voltage, I = Current and R = Resistance. You need voltage to push current against resistance. The question is: How much voltage do you need? Depends on how much resistance you’re up against. Understand this: It’s never enough to assume…

A project that sucks, sucks. An investment that sucks, sucks. A career that sucks, sucks. A relationship that sucks, sucks. It’s never too late to pull the plug on something that sucks. And it isn’t hard to tell that something sucks. But It’s hard to know whether it will continue…

It goes on. That’s its job. It doesn’t care about your problems. It doesn’t care about your goals. It doesn’t care about you. It goes on. It’s not your enemy. It’s not your friend. It doesn’t know you. It goes on. You can’t argue with it. You can’t negotiate with…

There’s a kind of person you want to be. You know it. Or you have an idea about it. A sort of mental picture that comes back to you again and again. But there’s the gap. The gap between who you are now. And who you’d like to become. The…

“Speak your truth.” It’s now a popular phrase. And it’s funny. Because a lot of people take it seriously. The logic goes: What you experience in life is your truth. And no one has the right to question it. Because you experienced it. Therefore, it is your truth. Going by…

People get upset when you say “no”. It happens all the time. They feel hurt when you can’t give them something they want. But sometimes, you feel hurt too. Because you want to help. But for some reasons, you just can’t. And sometimes, you don’t want to help. Because you…

Everyone has problems. You have yours. Others have theirs. There’s a difference between yours and theirs. The difference isn’t the type or the magnitude of problems. The difference is that yours is yours and theirs is theirs. People say that a problem shared is a problem half-solved. Maybe that’s true. …