Choosing The Hard

The hardest seasons of our life often bring forth the best growth. The tears, the hurt, the resolution and self discovery – often what we wouldn’t choose ourselves. And for good reason, it’s our inclination to want easy things. But what if we chose the hard? How would the person 3 years from now be…

Under It All

Under bellowing facades there’s a common thread, a string of humanity that runs through the veins of you and me. Under it all, do you choose to see? Photo by Universal Eye on Unsplash.

Do You Know Your Best Case?

If you don’t know what the best plan forward is you can’t prepare for it, make steps towards it, lead towards it. Know the best case, plan for it, step forward with intention. The worst that can happen? Okay, a lot of bad things could happen, like if you’re a pushy unpleasant individual about your…

Designing For Serendipity

Serendipity, the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Like running into people who are moving to your old hometown, or work in the same field, or have mutual connections. Serendipity isn’t efficient, it’s not a metric we optimize to increase. But what if we designed for serendipity? How…

What If

What if you doubled down on what you’re good at, would that change things? Would you find yourself in the same career, location, friendships? How would you even go about determining “good”? Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash.