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Considering yesterday about opinions, and more so on disinformation tactics, I like to think of a method using three key practices:

1. Source evaluation: Check original sources, verify claims through multiple reputable outlets, and consider who benefits from spreading the information.
2. Extra scrutiny for high-risk content: Be especially careful with breaking news, stories that perfectly match your beliefs, anonymous sources, social media claims, and emotionally manipulative content.
3. Good habits: Wait for verification before sharing, read beyond headlines, check fact-checkers, question if claims make logical sense, and stay mindful of your own biases.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

While I certainly don’t have all the answers, I’m pretty damn certain that no one else has all the answers either…

I read an opinon piece, and I realize that I have a problem with the way opinions are presented.

They aren’t necessarily presented as interpretations of factual evidence, and yet they state the opinion in such a way that the reader could suppose it to be entirely truthful.

In fact, maybe that’s what they’re trying to do altogether.

Consider if you’re giving in ways that truly serve others’ needs and preferences, rather than just what’s convenient or feels good to give.

Sometimes the most generous thing is listening to understand what would actually be most helpful.

When deciding if your work is good enough, ask what truly matters for this – what absolutely needs to be done?

If it’s a lower-stakes project, remember that perfectionism often causes more stress than it’s worth.

Be realistic about what level of polish is actually needed.

Reality rarely matches our initial plans or assumptions.

As it is today, where new information, challenges, and opportunities emerge constantly, staying agile is about maintaining momentum while being ready to pivot when circumstances demand it.

It acknowledges uncertainty as a fundamental part of complex work, rather than treating it as an unwelcome deviation from the plan.

To be a disruptor is viewed almost mythically in business, and with curiosity most everywhere else.

A true disruptor fundamentally changes how value is created and captured.

But disruption isn’t always about radical new technology or destroying existing markets. Often, it’s about making something more accessible or efficient in a way those before us have overlooked or dismissed.

A single right answer typically exists in domains with clear rules and boundaries, like mathematics where 2+2=4.

However, many of life’s most important questions deal with human experience, ethics, and meaning, where the variables are numerous and interconnected in ways that resist reduction to a single correct solution.

Trying to uncover the right answer is often a matter of perspective and the best possible outcomes, though it can be difficult to determine which is which.

The work that you can do needs to be specific.

The goals that you say, must be specific.

If you can’t be specific, you’re probably not going to get very far.

I think that my intent to emerge this year requires me to replace some concerns about the scary situations with a need to experience.

Expansion. Trying things that scare us creates expansion.

The more expansive our life, the more we could to experience things that we might actually enjoy.

To avoid danger is oftentimes the avoidance of life itself.

When we do something that scares us, that we perceive as “dangerous”, it could open up entirely new possibilities to us.

Try and do something that scares you.