Working beliefs

Principles

Notes shaped by experience—and still subject to change.

Man seated at a desk in a dark study.
01

Restraint Is Power

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

The ability to act and the wisdom to act are different things.

02

Show, Don't Tell

Don't tell people who you are. Let your work, choices and behavior make the case.

03

Diagnose Before You Scale

More activity doesn't fix the wrong problem.

Understand the constraint before adding people, money, technology or effort.

04

Build for Reality

Ideas are easy to protect in theory.

The real test is what survives contact with people, pressure, constraints and consequences.

05

Stay Capable

Capability has to be maintained.

Physically. Mentally. Professionally.

You don't get to keep it because you once earned it.