Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results.

One way to generate surprise is by breaking a pattern people have come to expect.

The truth is not always black and white; there are often shades of grey.

You did good on that bird," Ginnie Sue told me. "You strike me as the kind of girl who's one day going to be eating roast chicken and those on-fire desserts just as much as you want.

We understand that it’s generally a good idea to discuss misbehavior and its consequences after the child has calmed down, since moments of emotional flooding are not the best times for lessons to be learned.

In golf or chess, a ball or piece is moved according to rules and within defined boundaries, a consequence is quickly apparent, and similar challenges occur repeatedly. There are domains beyond chess in which massive amounts of narrow practice make for grandmaster-like intuition.

Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.

No matter how big or bureaucratic your company seems, it pales in comparison to the gargantuan U.S. military bureaucracy.

The technician suffering from an Entrepreneurial Seizure takes the work he loves to do and turns it into a job.

The most valuable and important things in my life came to me when I cultivated the courage to be vulnerable, imperfect, and self-compassionate.