Post Archive
March 2017
The Principles My Father Taught Me — Doug Zembiec
Doug was a great friend and mentor to me. A wrestling teammate at the US Naval Academy and legend in the US Marine Corps. A hero to many. Read more here. “Be a man of principle. Fight for what you believe in. Keep your word. Live with integrity. Be brave. …
The Better Angels of our Nature
…by Steven Pinker (Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University) I’m simply writing to everyone to make a recommendation that if you’re at all interested in a brief history of civilization and human psychology, please read this book: The Better Angels of our Nature, Why Violence has Declined. It’s …

Agency in Today’s Complex Operating Environment
Whether in a family team, work team, or community team, most of us operate daily in some sort of collective – a team. All teams are made up of individuals. Whether it be two friends starting a company in a garage or tennis pairs in a doubles match, at some …
Operating in Complexity
Agency in Today’s Complex Operating Environment Whether in a family team, work team, or community team, most of us operate daily in some sort of collective – a team. All teams are made up of individuals. Whether it be two friends starting a company in a garage or tennis pairs …
Mr. Overton…America’s Oldest Living Veteran
Mr. Overton…America’s Oldest Living Veteran This was just too good! See Ryan Holiday’s article here about Mr. Richard Overton, America’s Oldest Living Veteran. Mr. Overton lives in Austin, TX so Ryan Holiday (author of The Obstacle is the Way and Ego is the Enemy and the Daily Stoic) went over to meet him. Holiday’s three books are …