Cohenization Project

It is Monday, you are sitting down reading through the email, maybe having a cup of coffee. Many people today scroll through video reels or look towards other distractions as they go about their day. The added complexity of the world becomes so weighted that we as human beings default to abstract and very simple thinking. The very things that make us kind, caring, compassionate, and human are…

The noise is so loud. The amount of information, content, writing, videos, audio coming at you is literally insane. I’ve been spinning on in regard to the idea of if I should continue writing or not. Many people interacting with my posts over the years will tell me they read and find some value but with all the noise it seems almost unreasonable to expect that you or anyone else would want to sit…

Be kind. I have accounts on social media platforms for a few reasons. Most of the time, I don’t use these platforms for their intended purpose. For example, many local businesses put their information on Facebook instead of buying and maintaining a web page. For each of the services that I have, there is a reason for them. A few years ago, I had a problem with Comcast digging a trench across my…

I’ve been thinking about disappointment lately. Not the dramatic kind that makes for good therapy sessions, but the slow-drip erosion of basic competence that’s become the background noise of modern life. It’s everywhere, and we’ve gotten so used to it that we’ve created a whole vocabulary around our lowered expectations. We call it “disruption” when a service gets worse. We call it “innovation”…

Good Business, Bad Business, Who Knows? Even if I wanted to use GPT or AI to write this post, it wouldn’t have worked out. I ran a few ideas through it just to see how it would play out and it didn’t capture what I wanted to share with you. No AI, so here goes. I recently went on a cruise to Florida and Bimini. It was a short four-night experience with one of the well-regarded brands. I’d say,…