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Being Unique · 2026
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The Cost of Playing It Safe
Comfort feels good today. It quietly costs you tomorrow. Even the office dog knows it. Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping Mediocrity are companion books distilling thirty years of…
Innovation Is Rebellion in Action
Every map of the future starts as a scribble that breaks the existing map's rules. Rebellion is not chaos, it is direction nobody has drawn yet. I explore this idea at length in…
Arriving With Everyone Else Means Arriving Too Late
The highway is full because everyone took the obvious route at the obvious time. Being early and being different are almost the same skill. That is the whole argument behind my…
You Can't Innovate With a Mediocre Mindset
Same brain. Different choice. A bigger future. Innovation has never been about talent so much as mindset. Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping Mediocrity are companion books…
Same Team. Different Tomorrow.
Same meetings, same people, same stuff, or new ideas, real progress, let's go. The difference is one decision away. Two new companion books, Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping…
Your Inner Oddness Is Not a Flaw. It's a Superpower.
AI can write your email. It can draft your strategy deck. It can even mimic your tone of voice, given enough examples. What it can't do is be you. That's the argument at the…
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