Frank Sinatra sang “My Way”.  It is a sad song that starts mentioning regrets and ends with a defiant boast that at least “I did it my way.”  I wonder how many of the regrets were the direct result of insisting on doing things “my way.” 

      It should be obvious that each of us is living with a finite brain in a world of infinite possibilities.  It is foolish to think that I have all the answers, or even the best answer, for all the situations I will en...

“I’ll bet you a nickel that if you give me a dime, I’ll give you a quarter.”  Most people are willing to take me up on this bet, figuring that I’ll end up with fifteen cents in exchange for the quarter.  But, as soon as I get the dime, I say, “Congratulations.  You won the bet,” and hand over a nickel. 

We often get so focused on wanting to be declared the “winner” that we don’t really consider what is being won, and what i...

Napoleon is often portrayed as an egotistical military genius, but here he is quoted as saying that everybody (together) is wiser than the greatest genius.  Maybe we shouldn’t be looking for a wise man to follow when we could be taking advantage of the collective wisdom of all the people around us.