I Spent 30 Years Saying “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.” Turns Out I Had It Backwards.

Tuesday, 20 October 2026 / Published in Insights
Back in 1997, Richard Carlson wrote Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… and It’s All Small Stuff. I was building companies back then, and like a lot of folks, I ate it up. It sounded wise. Stay above the noise. Keep your eye on the big picture. So for about thirty years, whenever things got messy,