by Michael Best | Jun 7, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
Here’s the one thing I wish someone had told me when I started my business: take a day off. Like, an actual day off. Every week. Put it in the calendar, guard it like it’s a client meeting, and actually show up for it. That’s what I call the...
by Michael Best | Mar 29, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
The recent attention on the Middle East war has revived memories of my time working there as a young chartered accountant. One in particular stands out—a business experience that offered a revealing glimpse into the forces that can drive regime change. It was 1978,...
by Michael Best | Mar 17, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
Sometimes, when trying to explain one’s introversion and resultant impatience with trying to get things done via structured groups of invariably inflated egos, it’s easier to point to someone well known and credible with similarly-expressed views and say, ”Exactly!”...
by Michael Best | Feb 6, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
A while ago The Guardian reported the findings of a survey of passwords by the tech company, NordPass. The results explain why hacking is so widespread and apparently lucrative. According to NordPass, “ . . . about 80 percent of data breaches are caused by...
by Michael Best | Feb 6, 2026 | Blog posts and book excerpts
Is viewing a creative work a creative act? Yes, it is, according to the late psychologist, Rollo May (1909 – 1994), as quoted by Victor Strecher in his book, Life on Purpose. May apparently said: “When we engage in a painting . . . We are experiencing some new moment...
by Michael Best | Mar 3, 2025 | Blog posts and book excerpts
The assumption that any bureaucracy, particularly government bureaucracies, are wasteful and inefficient, is not new. It’s been around for at least my lifetime and probably a lot longer than that. And it’s reinforced anecdotally almost daily. Based on the...
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