May 22, 2020
I’m getting tired of hearing “it’s never going to be the same” as if the status quo and the way we’ve always done things has never changed in our lifetimes. It’s changed constantly. It would’ve changed significantly even if there had not been a pandemic.
People fear change because it moves us from the known to the unknown. But change has happened consistently since time began, and guess what: it’s gonna change again.
If you’d like to read rest of my mini-rant, the blog is here.
T he First Modern Pandemic
Have you seen “Inside Bill’s Brain” on Netflix? Make a note to watch it if you haven’t. It’s a truly intimate look behind an incredibly smart man, who’s spent a lot of time and money over the years trying to prevent the pandemic that’s currently taking place.  
His lengthy blog, “The First Modern Pandemic” is worth a read to see a truly long-term view of how to defeat this virus and prevent or mitigate others from happening in the future.
T rader Joe Died
Yes, I know Joe Coulombe died back in February. But I've been wanting to tell a story about him (actually his wife) and a few things have gotten in the way since then. 
First, Coulombe was both an innovator and a visionary who was able to turn something as mundane as a grocery store into a cult following. Most everyone who knew him said he was the same person no matter what company he was in. 
But my story is about his wife, Alice. A formidable figure, but equally nice. In the early 1990’s I found myself sitting on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Opera. I had no business being there among the LA elite. (I was a representative of a young professionals group supporting the Opera). Anyway, I sat next to Mrs. Coulombe at a reception, and she was nice enough to ask me about myself. I admitted I had no business being on the Board, and that I couldn’t possibly come close to donating the millions of dollars that everyone else did. 
Mrs. Coulombe smiled and said, “When I was your age, I had no money and all sorts of time. Now I have all sorts of money and no time. So your gift of time is just as important.” 
At that moment, I realized I belonged. RIP, Trader Joe.

  Joe Coulombe Obituary  (LA Times) 
Quick Hits
Some items I've read lately that caused me to think.
How To Leave Work At Work   (Harvard Business Review) 
And a final quote:
"There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.” 
Kazuo Ishiguro, writer & Nobel Prize Winner 

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