Grace over spite

Two goals, plus a prediction, a fight, a fence, a metaphor, and some hope. Also, 7 other things worth your time. Oh, and a minor technical update that about 5 percent of readers will appreciate.

I stumbled across a real-life metaphor for something important. But I’m going to do the exact opposite of what my college English 101 professor, the late Ann Spector, would have advised: I’m going to explain its meaning first, before I even share it.

Don't worry. I think this will work.

As you might imagine, I spend a lot of time thinking about the future of Understandably.com.

Many of you know me from my days launching and writing the “Inc. This Morning” email newsletter. I love Inc.com. I’ve read the magazine for more than 20 years. I have some good friends there, and I still write for their website.

But, I launched this independent brand because I wanted to do something different—something I couldn't have articulated very well six months ago.

That's OK. To quote myself: “I write what I’ve learned, so I can learn what I think."

Now, I’m figuring it out. Writing my mission statement and core values helped, as did the very fortunate decision to have bought the highly appropriate domain n…