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You Don’t Chase After a Mouse When Your House Is on Fire
There’s a saying in Africa: You don’t chase after a mouse when your house is on fire. When I first learned about it in a book by Chika Onyeani, I couldn’t get past the imagery. It is simple…ordinary even — a house, a mouse, a fire yet exceedingly impactful: don’t waste time on the small…
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You can’t buy change
Change is difficult primarily because our brain wants us to keep doing the same thing over and over again. Our brain’s rationale is if you’ve been doing the same thing over and over again, and you’re still alive, then it’s working. Often when we buy a solution, especially one that’s guaranteeing change in a particular…

