Posts from August 2023

One leadership tool that has helped me tremendously is this one simple question: “Is this a problem to solve or tension to manage?” Confusing tension with problem can not only result in waste of energy but creating unnecessary problems. For example, a consistent drop in church attendance is a problem to solve. But drop in church attendance during summer (particularly July and August) is not a problem to solve but a tension to manage, as families take annual vacation during…

My wife ordered Tesla Model 3 (Base model) a few weeks ago. (Don’t confuse it with Tesla Model S, which is a much more expensive model!) It is scheduled to be delivered anytime in the next 2 weeks. When Jennifer became a partner in her firm, she started receiving a “car allowance”, which we have been using as an extra income for big purchases or investments. But as Jennifer’s business tax began to increase (as a partner in her firm,…

Recently, I read this one author comparing the difference between “Freedom to” and “Freedom from”. According to him, when we are younger, we tend to gravitate toward “Freedom to”, which is doing whatever we want to do. It is certainly exciting but can be exhausting, as many of such choices require money, time, and energy without leaving us with anything that is worthwhile or lasting. But he also argued that as we get older, we tend to gravitate toward “Freedom…