Follow up post to Burnout: The Slow Death You Don’t See Coming. As promised, this is my plan for coming back from burnout stronger than before. This is a three-phase, six-week plan I created based on my own personal experience with burnout. I’ve been here enough times, and now I want to build habits that make my return (to burnout) less likely. If you find…
Burnout isn’t loud. It doesn’t knock on your door screaming, “Hey, I’m here to ruin your life!” No, it creeps in, one small step at a time, until you wake up one day wondering why you hate everything and why even the thought of another email makes you want to set your laptop on fire. Sound familiar? Yeah, me too. Let’s get real: burnout is…
So, there was an election last week. If we’re to trust the results from the Associated Press (I do, but recognize some people don’t), 48.2% of us are lamenting the result and 50.2% of us are celebrating it. Regardless of what I think or feel, it is what it is. It’s reality. What I decide to do with this reality is up to me. Will…
Let’s get straight to it: we live in a world full of impostors. People who spend more time cultivating a “perfect” image than living real lives, wrapped up in showing others what they think they want to see. It’s everywhere—in the workplace, in relationships, even in the mirror some people look into every day. But being authentic, being real, has a strength all its own….
So, here it is. I’m announcing my new podcast! NOTE: I would have announced this earlier, but maybe I forgot. Or maybe I was busy. Whatever, I’m announcing it now. The first LIVE show is tomorrow (9/19) at 9pm Central. DISCLAIMER: I asked ChatGPT to write this announcement. If you like it, it was because of my super awesome prompting skills. If you don’t like…
Acknowledgement: I haven’t posted for a while. Been busy, but I’ll try to do better. Me and Grok (Background) I’ve been working on a lot of projects lately, but there was one project in particular where I met Grok. While working on the development of the CvCISO-E course (part of the CvCISO Program), I needed to include some information about myself. I guess it’s customary…
Introduction Not sure you noticed, but people talk sh*t about you. This shouldn’t be a shocker, right? I mean, you didn’t deceive yourself into believing otherwise. Did you? Well, if it’s any consolation, I’m a victim of sh*t talking too! People talk sh*t about me a lot (probably). I hear people talking sh*t about other people all day. OK, maybe not all day, but pretty…
Nearly 156 years ago (May 30, 1868) John A. Logan, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) proclaimed this day as Decoration Day to honor Union soldiers who died in the American Civil War. Since the Civil War, the total number of U.S. military personnel who have died in various wars is estimated to be over 1.1 million. This includes battle…
You’ve probably heard me say this many times: Information security is NOT about information or security as much as it is about PEOPLE. When I say this, people usually nod their head in agreement, but beyond that it might seem like nothing more than a catchphrase. It’s not. Pithy catchphrases are mostly useless. This quote is a deep personal truth, rooted in a story….
And why do I care. I’ll go in reverse. Why Do I Care? First, why do I care about UPL? Simple. Because I care about people. From my perspective, people suffer from the brokenness between our legal system and information security. Also, I care because I’m planning to write more opinions about things that are broken between our legal system and information security. In all…