We’ve heard so, so much about the abundance mentality. So, so, much. It almost feels like a wearisome cliché at this point. Continue reading
Year: 2016
“Pathways” Is Now Available
My latest book, Pathways: Best Short Essays Of 2015
You can find a summary of it here.
The book is available both in a Kindle version and as a paperback.
2015 was a good year, and 2016 is shaping up to be even better.
Keep the fires burning, and keep moving forward.
No matter what.
8 Key Factors In Your Operational Success
What are the 8 key factors that we need when conducting any operation, dealing with any conflict, or carrying out a project?
This podcast discusses the 8 critical elements of success in any conflict scenario: Perspective, Maneuver, Tempo, Mobility, Intelligence, Surprise, Logistics, and Leadership.
Strategy, Campaigns, And Tactics: How To Use Them To Achieve Our Goals
Whenever we want to do something big in life, we need (1) a strategy, (2) a campaign or a series of campaigns, and (3) tactics.
This podcast discusses these three levels of operational art, and how they must accommodate our goals and envisioned end-state.
“Pathways” Is Coming Very Soon
Ast ego curarum vobis arcana mearum
Expromam mentisque meae quo pondera vergant.
“But I will reveal to you my secrets, and the weighty matters that oppress my mind.”
–Lucan, Pharsalia VIII.278.
My fourth book, Pathways, will be released within the next ten to fourteen days. It is a collection of the very best short essays of 2015.
There are 56 essays in all, all of which have been edited, polished, and refurbished, together with an easy-to-locate organizing system.
You Will Have Your Wilderness Years: The Case Of Frank Sinatra
Sometimes the time is not right for your message to be heard. Sometimes being great is not enough. The right stars must come into alignment. External conditions must be right for your message to be heard. People may like you, but the real recognition may not yet be forthcoming.
History is replete with figures who went not just through slumps, but years of practical exile or relegation to obscurity. But eventually, talent and quality will tell. The key is to endure the hardship of the Wilderness Years.
Proving The Naysayers Wrong
You will hear many people try to tell you that “this can’t be done” or “that can’t be done.”
And many times such talk is proven wrong.
Quintus Curtius 
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