The goal in blogging/ business/ inspiring non-fiction is to share a truth, or at least a truth as the writer sees it. To not just share it, but to spread it and to cause change to happen. You can do that in at least three ways: with research (your own or reporting on others), by building and describing conceptual structures, or with stories that resonate.

Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.

The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.

The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that.

Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.

You don't need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment.