1. A book I’m reading describes the training of a priest from a certain tradition – for every principle his faith teaches, he is required to list all the arguments for AND against its implementation with its effects on others.  Only after this exhaustive process is over is his training complete.

A timely and timeless lesson.

2. Five years in NYC.  Many blocked me, stole my work, told lies. Still here, still tried to do my job properly. And I wasn’t alone.

F—- with the wrong man.

F—— with the wrong God.

3. The primary skill I’ve been developing for the first 40 years of my life.

Learning to play chess with broken, color-changing pieces on a shifting board.