For a moment entertain the shoulder angel and devil in the context of time management. The devil represents your easy hard tasks, e.g. responding to emails or slacks, joining a meeting, etc. These things are easy to do in the moment but often make things harder in the long run. The angel represents easy hard…

What do you do when you’re stepping up into a new role with increasing responsibilities? First, don’t fake anything. Obviously, you shouldn’t be faking things no matter what type of role you’re in. However the tendency to fain understanding is much greater if you’re feeling pressure and want to earn short term respect. It’s very…

What happens when you have flu like symptoms amidst a global health pandemic? You get tested. Spoiler: I tested negative. The process of getting tested was fairly straight forward. Documenting primarily for the sake of posterity. Finding an in network provider that offered testing wasn’t too difficult, scheduling the actual appointment however, was quite a…

Goodness is so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first, before it can be spoiled. – C.S. Lewis Can you imagine teaching someone how to cook by only introducing what’s poisonous? They’d be serving up murderous stars instead of michelin ones. However, I can think of numerous…

What is the value of different perspectives? They illuminate blind spots. And sometimes, seeing your blind spots create change. Unfortunately, that is often a rare occurrence. Consider the last time a – significant – opinion of yours was changed? It’s probably been a while. Because while we give frequent lip service to unique perspectives few…