My life is undoubtedly less fun than it was in college. So, the answer to your worries is that you are right — everything you are probably worried about will happen. But though those events will happen, the emotion behind them is no longer there. The worry or the sadness…

Couples that embrace this policy never learn to deal with the fact that their needs and desires aren’t always perfectly aligned. They never learn conflict resolution skills. It creates resentment in the husband and a loss of respect for her husband in the wife. I propose a different idea. In fact, there is another adage that you can simply swap out for this one. “Pick your battles.” Some battles are worth conceding because they are trifling in the grand scheme of things. Don’t create conflict over those. Those are the wrong hills to die on.

I realized today what the purpose of a funeral is. You’re spending all day with family and friends, constantly sitting on the sharp reminder that your time together is dwindling. The purpose of a funeral isn’t to mourn the deceased. The purpose is to bring those still alive closer together. To wake them up from their slumber and supercharge their compassion and appreciation for each other. To motivate these acts of love while it still matters.

An entire life yields no more importance than an elementary school time capsule. One day, this life be as relevant as the inside jokes you told when you were in kindergarten. Not even nostalgia will redeem it, just like those potty jokes. It will be such a distant memory as…

Mystical demystification, anonymous assailants, and the train to nowhere — You’re not paying attention. What’s the title say? All day long, you find yourself waking up on this moving train. Over and over again, here you are, with no recollection of how you ended up here. You later find out that your whole life, there’s been some nameless stranger following…

Farewell Dynamo — Having recently concluded my stint at Dynamo, I believe thank yous and a tribute are in order. Well, there is an awful lot to be said for and about Dynamo Ventures. But, in the spirit of being lean, here’s the abridged version. This group has shown, taught, and challenged me…

The fastest way to improve at the saxophone or any other woodwind instrument — There are three pillars that all non-shit players have firmly established: Sound Dexterity Intuition All three are essential and compound one another in learning, so it’s best to develop them simultaneously. What’s the method? Well, it beings with optimal practice of course. Fortunately, this is super simple. Unfortunately, nobody explained…

The Black Hole of Urban Mobility — Unprecedented times imperil the transportation industry. It’s troubling for international travel without question, as airlines are poised to lose up to $113B in passenger revenue due to coronavirus. Zooming in to the regional level, Uber reported that trips are down 70% in impacted areas and Transit posted a 66% decline…

Explaining the Age-Old Problem of Visibility and Transparency — Supply chain visibility is an enduring opportunity area. There is no better indicator of its shortcomings than the impact of the current COVID-19 epidemic. For the most part, procurement and logistics managers are still working in the dark. According to a recent survey of 1,700 companies, 81% do not have…