Opportunity: What is It?

One of the earliest advice I learned was to not miss opportunities.   A similar piece of advice goes something like if opportunity knocks, open the door.   Later I was warned about opportunity cost: the idea of doing one thing may prevent you from doing something else.   And of course, there is the…

In search of Competence

In a couple recent posts, my argument stumbled over confusing maturity with competence.   I attempted to clarify that the two ideas are distinct and serve different purposes. I want to return to the original mistake of implying that maturity can be a proxy for competence.   I suggested other “bright” (well defined and controlled)…