“Why do strategies almost always fail to live up to expectations?” Raphael S. Cohen poses this question in his Lawfare blog article “Why Strategies Disappoint—and How To Fix Them”. A regular Benari blog reader sent Cohen’s blog post to me with a note saying, “I thought of you as...
When it comes to commas in a list of three or more things…say “pay attention, add value, and have fun”…some of you use what is referred to as the Oxford Comma, the one before “and” (or “or”), and others don’t. Believe it or not, there are people who are...
My friend complained regularly about how cold she was, even in mild weather. Since I can get through a Vermont winter with a flannel shirt and a denim jacket, this baffled me. Eventually I discovered she suffers from Raynaud’s Syndrome.
Then I met one of the entrepreneurial partners of a...
My mind was becoming constricted. I noticed that the weight of the world, and all my clients’ issues, were pressing down on me. I worried that my thinking was falling into a rut and my creativity and ability to advise my clients well were going to suffer.
So off I...
Two days before hopping on a plane to begin a Clarity Break in Hawaii, something about my trip became very unclear.
“PLEASE READ: Important information regarding your upcoming stay at the Autograph Collection Koloa Landing Resort at Poipu”
Bold type, large print: the email’s subject line jumped out at me. First...
Several weeks ago, I wrote a missive pertaining to the need to get rid of toxic employees. Clear Out The Rot. The message bears repeating. I know this because more and more often, I find myself having to ask a simple question…
It’s a question I ask after a client...
“Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging…” Elon Musk(@elonmusk) tweet December 17, 2016.
Most of us stew when we’re stuck in a traffic jam. We wish we could do something about it, but are ultimately resigned to the fact that...
It seems I’m a smoker, at least that’s what a physician insisted. The only problem is…I’ve never smoked. Never.
I’d been coughing a bit for some time. A cough here, a cough there, and every once in awhile a bit of extended coughing. Nothing debilitating, just a cough that seemed...