Philip Stratton

Copied from a George Mack blogpost  1. Don’t ask your barber if you need a haircut. 2. “I can fix the $32 trillion US debt problem in 5 minutes. You pass a law that when there’s a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members congress are ineligible for re-election” – Warren Buffett…

I heard this story today on Morgan Housel’s podcast:  A family had twin boys whose only resemblance to each other was their looks. Opposite in every way, one was an eternal optimist, the other a doom & gloom pessimist. Just to see what would happen, on the twins’ birthday their father loaded the pessimist’s room…

Currently reading Areté by Brian Johnson. A great reminder that anyone and everyone is given the opportunity to display leadership at various times, regardless of where they reside on the org chart or role in a community. Those that craft the most compelling visions and attitudes about the future are often viewed as effective leaders.

I had the privilege of joining other budgeting professionals last week at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to review and update the materials used to train new Budget Officers and Analysts.  We discussed ways to modernize the approach, moving away from PowerPoint being the base platform to a Visio visualization as the basis where each…

GE’s Jeff Immelt: “Every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it.”

I spent the past week at Robins AFB, Georgia attending a Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Black Belt Workshop. Being 640 miles away, the trip from Scott AFB to Robins AFB was at the upper limit of a driving trip for me.  Depending on traffic, I was looking at approximately 10 hours of driving time each…

“When working with people, assume good intentions.  When listening to people, interpret their words in a generous way.  You will occasionally get burned and mistreated by always assuming the best in others, but it is a far better way to live than the opposite.” – James Clear, author of Atomic Habits

An interesting science fiction short story. Many theories of the story’s underlying themes Reddit (religious theory) David’s Book World Reddit (social theory)

From “The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done”  by Peter F. Drucker 8 February Balance Continuity and Change Precisely because change is a constant, the foundations have to be extra strong. The more an institution is organized to be a change leader, the more it will need…

I just finished the book Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.  This book had a lot of practical and actionable advice for anyone desiring to make a pivot into a new career, whether just starting out or seeking a change.  The book is an attempt to bring the Stanford University course taught by…