A theory on how to create a community that resolves conflict without violence and madness. It takes three supra-public goods: abundance, strong institutions, and goodness.
Every culture is deeper or richer than we know.
Your Dada came here for a better life, full of prosperity. Today is a special day because we no longer have to doubt that we belong here.
Thinking of who lifted me up, gives me courage and strength.
Talking about decision criteria has completely transformed how Robyn and I make decisions in our marriage and for our family, I suspect that it could have similarly transformative effects in our civic lives.
We are lucky, my love, because even though we have to grapple with uncertainty we get to watch things grow.
An imagined history recounting the millennium spanning from 2020 to 3020.
High-performing Government is a conversation worth having.
A note about 2020, algorithming ourselves to find our individual higher purpose.
Management is so much more than getting people to do what we want.
Lightness is a blessing that we may be gifted on the long, arduous walk toward goodness.
A Jimmy Fallon Clip with Chadwick Boseman changed the way I think about role models.
Very little transcends the influence of wealth, I hope a moral obligation to each other is one that does transcend.
We planned for how we would handle a Covid exposure (so we wouldn’t have to scramble when it happened).
One day our sons will grow out of their find-joy-in-all-places mindset, and it will be my fault.
I don’t want to start the next four years with infighting over the starting lineup.
“And we, the people of the United States of America, accept the difficult responsibilities that a government by the people and for the people requires.”
Reflection changed my relationship with my inner-critic.
A thought experiment, just like an athlete would do to visualize their peak athletic performance.