Agalia Tan

The thing that’s vexing you: is it a situation or a problem?

Problems have solutions. If we care enough, we can find a way to solve a problem, but it might cost more money, require more effort or involve more risk than we’d prefer. If we’re ready to ease some of the constraints, that problem might go away.

Situations don’t have solutions. That’s why ... See more

Charles Hayward, a cabinet maker and editor of The Woodworker magazine, on starting the year with enthusiasm:

"There is a dynamic quality about enthusiasm which nothing can resist. You can see it in the street orator, whose whole heart is in his argument, swaying a crowd. You can feel it in the work of any artist—painter, writer, musician, or whate... See more

“Look, we’re all humans here—let’s just talk to each other plainly,” said Mark Weinstein, chief marketing officer of Hilton