In pursuit of accolades, intelligence is put on display. “I’ll win them over by presenting the holes, opportunities missed, what went wrong.” A great experience as long as you remain on one side of the conversation. Some may even applaud the elegantly deconstruction. Yet the approach that creates the most camaraderie is the one that…

Misfortune is absent from one’s first picks. Yet it serves an important purpose. A wake up call. A reality check. Motivation.

The first successfully cloned mammal, Dolly, was done by accident. Penicillin was the result of an interrupted experiment. While attempting to develop energy sources for radar equipment for WWII microwaves were discovered. You never know what will come if your efforts. Best to press ahead.

“The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.” – Zero to One, Peter Thiel My beliefs align with the majority, but I reached them by standing on my own reasoning. My beliefs align with the minority, but I reached them by standing on my own reasoning….

As the timeless story of Pride and Prejudice was woven together, threads from the ongoing French Revolution are glimpsed. The arrival of the regiment, which readers during that time had often experienced the pros and cons first hand, nods most directly to the conflict. Yet there is another tangential thread influenced by the war that…