A strange thing has happened.

While composing my own newsletter, This Is Not What I Expected, the other day – a publication theoretically unrelated to Momentum Consulting – I realized I was unconsciously writing about authenticity in a very Momentum-y way.

Personal development is so great…Can we take a break now?

Whatever the reason Generation X is so often overlooked as “the sandwich generation,” it would behoove organizations to throw a little attention their way...

I greeted the gratitude talk with my characteristic skepticism. My eyes rolled so far back into my head that I could see the cynicism lighting up my brain like a Christmas tree…

Stress. We talk about it a lot, usually as a negative thing, but it’s also an important part of who we are as humans…

The Beastie Boys looked out at that beer-soaked crowd of twentysomething white guys and realized their fans were taking all of this to heart…

I had just found out I had to spend the next three days at a luxurious riverside resort with a pool and miles of hiking trails for work. Quelle horreur.

That’s me explaining my exasperation with people who make sweeping proclamations but are allergic to discussing how we’re going to make their grand vision a reality.

I came down with Covid, and the fog it created in my brain hampered my ability to form coherent paragraphs.

I compounded my error with a bigger one: denying responsibility. I was willing to cross over into the absurd to avoid the consequences of my actions.