what I’m thinking about

Preface While the backdrop of this essay is football, it is really much more. This is an exploration of some of my biggest highs and lows, and the incredible people that guided me through it. When I sat down to write, I thought it would be one-two pages but as I kept writing I kept … Continue reading Football: I love you, I hate you

I love to read. It is easily my favourite activity. I can get lost in a book for hours on end, forgetting the basic necessities of life (food and water). I’m slightly ashamed to admit that on many occasions I have cancelled plans last minute because I couldn’t put a book down.  It wasn’t until … Continue reading Reading

I am a chronic over analyzer. I can’t help but agonize over every permutation in a scenario, the pros and cons, and the potential second and third order impacts. In some ways this is a feature in my mental operating system but in a lot of ways this is a bug.  When it comes to … Continue reading Making Decisions

I am writing this on January 1, 2020. Today is the first day of a new year and a new decade. As I do every year, I spend a good portion of today alone, reflecting on the year that has passed. Given it is also the end of the decade I have also spent a … Continue reading No Plan

I have been to Beijing twice. Both times, an interesting experience.  The first time I went to Beijing was in June 2019. It was a last minute trip planned about two weeks in advance. As anyone that has been to China knows, the Visa process to get into China can take months. I didn’t have … Continue reading Beijing

Humans are inherently social creatures. In the Information Age where the fastest growing vocation can generally be classified as knowledge workers, we are meeting more and more. With the increasing proliferation of information flow and mobility, communication and collaboration are some of the key determining factors of organizational effectiveness. A high impact meeting can render … Continue reading Running an Effective Meeting

Stress has traditionally been postulated as an inherently bad thing; something we should look to eradicate from our life. Meditation and mindfulness are the subject of every luminary’s blog or memoir. “If only I had taken this up 20 years ago” is a common thread in the reflections of successful people. These same people are … Continue reading The healthy tension of stress and stoicism