Reacting slowly in a crisis feels like water torture. There are scandals you survive, and scandals you don’t. Deal with it quickly, and you have the best chance of putting it behind…
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Short Gain, Long Value
Winning a fight is nice. Winning the war is better. Mutual fund guru John Bogle leaves no doubt where he stands — in the same spot as investor Warren Buffett: Chasing short-term…
Life of Its Own
Shift the tone of a story before it takes on a life of its own. Once a story is embraced, it’s hard to shake. Even if evidence proves otherwise. Take the outbreak…
The Breakup Letters
We didn’t sign on to be liked. We signed on to do a job. “No one loves the messenger who brings bad news.” ~ Sophocles, Antigone Breakup letters are a…
The Love Letters
Be prepared: Better to do and not need, than to need and not have done. Love letters. We’ve all written them. Whether they’re actually delivered is a whole other matter. Likewise, we’ve…
Telephone, Telegraph…
The ultimate test: What will let you control the conversation? No. This isn’t a sexist commentary on the alleged inability of women to keep secrets. It is about thinking before you…
Wall of Worry
We all have worries. Left on their own, they skew our vision and consume us. They crowd out factors that are positive — and even those that are neutral. Consider investors who…
Belief & “Truth”
Forget about the extremes. Focus your effort on the middle. Is “truth” really knowable? Or is it a fiction we create to reaffirm our beliefs? Did Bill Cosby repeatedly have non-consensual sex…
Fool Me Once…
Sin once, you may escape. Sin again, and you won’t. Generations came and went, but they endured. Oscar de la Renta. Ben Bradlee. Joan Rivers. Nelson Bunker Hunt. All were born in…
Different Prisms
A recent Vatican report about U.S. nuns was most significant for what it didn’t say. It didn’t condemn the nuns for “radical” and “feminist” ideas as expected when the investigation began in…