Aug 27, 2020Member-onlyThe Most Important Skill You Need To Succeed At Work“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks, but I do fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” — Bruce Lee One Monday morning, I arrived at work a bit earlier than usual. As I made my way to the power company’s headquarters building, I…Life Lessons12 min readLife Lessons12 min read
Jul 23, 2020Member-only1% Of Something Is Greater Than 100% Of NothingAfter the 2008 financial crash, my friend Tom invited me to his house for a barbecue and a chance to discuss a business idea he couldn’t get out of his head. He’d just returned from Argentina where he’d met with the owners of three technology companies that were eager to…Entrepreneurship6 min readEntrepreneurship6 min read
Jul 23, 2020Member-onlyMy 30-Day Fast From Starbucks And How It Changed My MorningsIt would almost be irresponsible of me at this point in our economy’s history to recommend passing up on your local coffee shop. After all, in the darkest days of this pandemic, the familiar faces and voices at your local coffee shop warmly welcomed you at drive-through windows. …Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
Published in Dialogue & Discourse·Jul 21, 2020Member-onlyThis Word Has Created Over 500,000 Refugees Since 2017In the wake of George Floyd protests, the world has been reexamining itself through a pair of less-tinted white-supremacy glasses. Some of what it was made to believe as fact, it has come to find out, was far from it. Sadly, such facts are at the root of many global…World5 min readWorld5 min read
Jul 9, 2020Member-onlyHarness Your Brain’s Power of Concentration When WFHLet’s face it: your brain — or at least one part of it — doesn’t like to do certain kinds of work. Especially when you’re working from home. It likes to play, and by play, I mean do everything other than the work you’ve set your mind to accomplish. …Productivity5 min readProductivity5 min read
Jul 8, 2020Member-onlyAmerica Doesn’t Need The World’s PityIn light of recent events, several well-read Op-Eds have expressed pity for America¹. One such opinion read “The world has loved, hated and envied the US. Now for the first time, we pity it.”² Undoubtedly, these remarks were provoked by the White House’s handling of COVID-19. However, the deeper underlying…World6 min readWorld6 min read
Published in The Startup·Jul 7, 2020Member-onlyWrite a Cover Letter or LinkedIn Message That Lands You the InterviewThere is no right or wrong way to write a cover letter. The only thing that matters when you apply for a job with a cover letter or LinkedIn Message is that you get a callback. Are your cover letters making your phone ring off the hook? At one or more points in our professional lives, we’ve all looked for new…Life5 min readLife5 min read
Jul 6, 2020Member-onlyA Glimpse of The Young Man Who Would Become My FatherHave you ever wondered what your father or mother was like when they were growing up? Can you imagine the stories you’d uncover of them if Instagram and Facebook were around when your parents set out after high school? Have you ever fought with your parents yet appreciated them, wondering…Life Lessons10 min readLife Lessons10 min read
Jun 15, 2020Member-onlyShould Resisting Arrest Spell a Death Sentence?I just watched a video of the shooting of Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a Wendys in my city, Atlanta, GA, by a police officer on June 12th, 2020. It broke me. Again. Rayshard Brooks fell asleep at the wheel of his car in the drive-through lane of…Human Prompt5 min readHuman Prompt5 min read
Jun 5, 2020Member-onlyAfrica’s response to #GeorgeFloydThe African Union (organization of Africa’s 54 countries) issued a strongly-worded statement four days after the death of George Floyd, reiterating a 1964 resolution of the Union’s rejection of the continuing discriminatory practices against Black citizens of the US. The AU’s statement was considered more than enough by the vast…Black Lives Matter8 min readBlack Lives Matter8 min read
