Welcome to Accidental Wisdom

Essays that leave a mark.

Accidental Wisdom is where I write about the things life does to you when you’re not paying attention, and occasionally when you are.Most of these essays begin small. A strange hotel room. A conversation that goes sideways. A moment that doesn’t seem like much until it lingers. Over time, they tend to open into something a little larger—about marriage, identity, work, aging, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are.

I’ve spent years running a company, sitting in boardrooms, and, more recently, sitting still long enough to notice what was happening around me. It turns out the better material wasn’t in the big moments. It was in the ordinary ones I almost missed.

I’m not here to offer answers. Just to pay attention, and see what shows up.

—Mark