Tag: decisions

  • Ownership is changing

    Ownership is changing

    How we think about owning things is evolving. But we often still use old measuring sticks to make new decisions.

  • Something a little more than nothing

    Something a little more than nothing

    When choosing between things, it often seems all of the things or none of them. Can’t we ever have some of the things?

  • Not Worth the Wait

    Not Worth the Wait

    We wanted to eat there. But the reduced hours and the lengthened line made it impossible. So we went somewhere else.

  • So many options

    So many options

    The enemy of the good isn’t just the perfect. It is any attempt to avoid doing the work. And still changing our minds.

  • Destroying everything over a word

    Destroying everything over a word

    We often seem eager to blame someone for the situation we’re in. Then we act as if we have no control over our response.

  • The Simplicity Paradox

    The Simplicity Paradox

    We want it all. And we want simplicity. But keeping it simple while accessing everything is virtually impossible.

  • Continuing a failed war on terror is a moral failure

    Continuing a failed war on terror is a moral failure

    The great moral failure wasn’t only in launching the war on terror, it has been in continuing it in spite of all the moral and statistical evidence. The social share title reads “The scene of America’s longest war is now world’s terrorism hotspot”. Nearly 18 years into the war on terror, this headline should be…

  • Drawing the bad hand – When both of your choices suck.

    Drawing the bad hand – When both of your choices suck.

    I wrote over a thousand words, trying to rationalize decision-making in the midst of bad choices. And it was all very sensible. And an utter crock. Because sometimes, we’re stuck with complete and total junk. Some of you might be thinking of the election. That’s fine. But there are many more choices that are far…