https://carney.wiki/tags/resilience/Recent content in Resilience onHugo -- gohugo.ioenThu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://carney.wiki/blog/lonely-leaders/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://carney.wiki/blog/lonely-leaders/The Lonely CEO Someone said - it’s lonely at the top. Turns out, they weren’t kidding. Sure, being a CEO comes with the perks—power, influence, the ability to shape a company’s future. But it also comes with a level of solitude that’s tough to explain until you’ve lived it. The Weight of Leadership Being a CEO isn’t just about hitting growth targets and making bold moves. It’s about carrying the weight of an entire organization.https://carney.wiki/blog/hard-things/Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://carney.wiki/blog/hard-things/Vacation Thoughts on The Hard Thing About Hard Things I recently finished The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz while sipping smoothies (okay, piña coladas) on a sunny beach in Cancun. Let me tell you—reading about layoffs, crisis management, and the emotional toll of leadership while surrounded by palm trees is a bit of a vibe clash. But somehow, it worked. Horowitz doesn’t sugarcoat anything. This isn’t your typical feel-good business book with vague buzzwords and “manifest your success” nonsense.https://carney.wiki/blog/kintsugi-antifragility/Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://carney.wiki/blog/kintsugi-antifragility/Embracing Imperfections: What Kintsugi and Antifragility Teach Us About Leadership In the cracks of broken pottery, the Japanese art of Kintsugi finds beauty. Fragments are rejoined with lacquer and dusted with gold, not to mask the damage but to celebrate it. This ancient practice transforms breakage into artistry, symbolizing the resilience of imperfection. Kintsugi reminds us to value what’s broken, embrace its history, and let its scars shine. This philosophy resonates deeply with the modern concept of antifragility, as introduced by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his groundbreaking work Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.