Introducing ReThink Security
Recently Jason Taylor and I started a new side project, ReThink Security. The purpose is to share the insights that we’ve built up over the past two decades in the security indu...
Triage Decision Making
Not all decisions require the same amount of time to think through, but some high impact decisions warrant your time, energy, and effort to make valuable decisions.
Show Your Work
There’s a fine line between bragging and letting people know what you’re doing. Many times in a work setting it is important to make a little more noise about yourself than you ...
Getting Back Up
Habits are important, but restarting is more important. You will forget to work out, fail at your diet, upset a friend or coworker, or make a million other mistakes.
Max Out vs. Continuous Development
There’s a mental difference between thinking that something can be maxed out versus being constantly improved and developed. If something can be maxed out there is an end. This ...
Mental Diet and Exercise
Recently I noticed an old pair of pants were a little tighter than I remembered them being. It was easy for me to jump to the conclusion that I either needed to accept my new fo...
Asking for Help Part 2 - Alerting
I realized in my first part of Asking for Help that I didn’t put a fine enough point on some of the points I should have made when asking for help.
High Water Mark
You have experienced what it feels like to be at your best. Those moments when you are focused and clear-headed. Maybe you were on a deadline, got into the flow of work, or trul...