The Talent Shortage Nobody Talks About
The Talent Shortage Nobody Talks About is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it...
The Person Who Changed My Career Trajectory
The Person Who Changed My Career Trajectory is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it,...
The Gap Between What We Say We Believe and What We Actually Do
The Barista Who Didn't Give A Fuck
The Power of Small Interactions You walk into the same coffee shop five days a week. Order the same drink. The barista knows your name. Sounds small, right? But this changes something. You feel seen. Recognized. Like you matter. Most interactions in your life feel...
The Barista Who Didn't Give A Fuck
The Power of Small Interactions You walk into the same coffee shop five days a week. Order the same drink. The barista knows your name. Sounds small, right? But this changes something. You feel seen. Recognized. Like you matter. Most interactions in your life feel...
The Art of Unlearning
The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it...
Techniques for Receiving Feedback Well
Techniques for Receiving Feedback Well is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it...
Take It Easy (But Not Too Easy)
There's a dangerous idea in culture that you should either go all-in or not at all. Either you're grinding 24/7, or you're lazy. Either you're committed, or you're quitting.This is dumb. The real answer is in the middle.The Problem With Both ExtremesGoing all-in...
The Surprising Jobs Nobody Tells You About
The Surprising Jobs Nobody Tells You About is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it,...
Staying Relevant in Your Career
Staying Relevant in Your Career is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it gets...
How to Stay Calm Under Criticism (And Learn From It)
How to Stay Calm Under Criticism (And Learn From It) is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework...
Self-Driving Cars Are the Best! And the Worst!
The Problem That Seemed Simple Making a self-driving car seemed straightforward: get a camera. Train AI. Let it drive. Twenty years later? Still not there. Why? Because the problem was way more complex than it looked. The edge cases. The unexpected situations. The...
Self-Criticism: How to Handle It
Self Criticism: How to Handle It is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it gets...
Why Nobody Teaches Us About Seasonality
Adding to my list of "things they really should have taught us in school": seasonality. We grow up in a world that treats us like robots. If you're an employee, you're expected to be sharp and energized every single day. If you're a manager, every month should look...
Rest is Actually the Answer
You already know you should rest more. You know sleep matters. You know burnout is real. You probably know someone who burned out, and it wasn't pretty.So why are you still not resting?Because you think rest is the problem. But rest is actually the answer.The Rest...
Behind the Scenes of a Product Launch
The Myth of the Perfect Launch You see a product launch. Perfectly polished. Announcement video. Press coverage. Hundreds of people buying in the first hour. Looks effortless. Like it just happened. Behind it: months of work. Hundreds of decisions. Things that broke....
Personal Career Fit in the Adaptation Framework
Personal Career Fit in the Adaptation Framework is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around...
Personal Branding: Being an Entrepreneur From Within
Personal Branding: Being an Entrepreneur From Within is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework...
Why an Open Mind is Your Most Underrated Career Asset
Why an Open Mind is Your Most Underrated Career Asset is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework...