by John Macdonald | Feb 7, 2026 | AI, Leadership, The250
It’s not, really, but some things are. Take a day in the 50’s (F). That feels cold in July, but warm in February. Push harder motivates if the team has headroom, but it’s destructive when the team is already drowning. The relative load of the individuals and the... by John Macdonald | Nov 17, 2025 | Mindset
The unknown is scary. It’s dark. You can’t see around the corner. You have no idea what’s out there or what’s down that road. So you stand there and stare into it. How will this end? What’s coming my way? Will it be better or worse? Will I be better... 
by John Macdonald | May 25, 2022 | Mindset
Use the Natural Inflection Points in Your Life to Redefine and Rebuild Your Self-Talk A couple of years into our marriage, both in our mid-20s, Chris and I started the discussion about kids. The result was that we decided the time was now. The logic went something... 
by John Macdonald | May 16, 2022 | Mindset
Bite-sized Chunks of Wisdom I Wish Someone Had Told Me at 17 We’re on the cusp of the empty nest, and it has me reflecting. Our youngest son is about to graduate from high school and enter college, so my wife and I are trying to savor all of the little moments... 
by John Macdonald | Mar 21, 2022 | Action, Activity, Mindset, Productivity, Time Management
You Have a Time Prioritization Problem The light bulb went on in the middle of the night while I was staring bleary-eyed at the blue-light glow of my computer monitor. My wife and I had three young kids at home, and I was a programmer on a software development... 
by John Macdonald | Feb 21, 2022 | Mindset
By Midlife We’ve Built Up A Pile of Limiting Beliefs — But We Can Overcome The day was here, and I had been anticipating this day for the entire summer. My anticipation was equal parts excitement and dread. This was the first day of sixth grade...