By the age of 21, Frank Abagnale was wanted for criminal activity in multiple countries. His heists, which involved cashing fake checks, taking on the false identities of pilots, doctors, and lawyers were sometimes heralded as “genius”. However, he responded that it was the confidence of adolescence not genius that made him successful. “It is…

Don’t let the mundane or habit quench your curiosity. Curiosity is what turns “I don’t have anything else to say” into a two hour conversation. Curiosity is a super power. Photo by Mourad Saadi on Unsplash.

It takes time to adjust. When working with colleagues you adjust to how they operate. When growing in your career adjusting to a point where you are confident enough in your abilities to understand your thoughts and clearly articulate them. We’re adjusting all the time. And when we reflect, we often identify these adjustments as…

“The controversial, neomodern glass pyramid designed by Chinese-born American architect I.M. Pei still evoked scorn from traditionalists who felt it destroyed the dignity of the Renaissance courtyard. Goethe had described architecture as frozen music and Pei’s critics described this pyramid as fingernails on a chalkboard. Progressive admirers, though, hailed Pei’s seventy-one-foot-tall transparent pyramid as a…

I never thought I would experience a virtual debate tournament. The advancements in technology, and our current global circumstance, made that a reality today. 300+ people on a zoom meeting, how does one even begin to manage that? Although there are tools to accompany a virtual debate experience, they certainly aren’t fine tuned. This was…