Bored People Quit

Much has been written about employee motivation and retention. It’s written by folks who actively use words like motivation and retention and generally don’t have a clue about the daily necessity of keeping your team professionally content because they’ve either never done the work or have…

In Defense of Small Talk

I like small talk. I don’t understand why it’s forever being maligned. “Make your talk big!” everyone keeps telling…

How to Get Started as a Fiction Writer on Medium

7 Tips to Get Noticed as a Storyteller on Medium

A Taste of France

“There’s a pubic hair in my pasta,” I said calmly, with as much dignity as I could muster. Across the table from me, Karen…

How To Pull The Plug On Performance Anxiety

(Or: Your Mind Is A Maths Geek) _

Advice is worthless, except when it’s not

One of my mentors once gave me a piece of advice on advice (meta-advice. Metavice™.)…

The F is for Finisher

4 Reasons Why It’s So Hard to Become One

On hearing voices.

There’s this voice in my head. It’s a derranged asshole, and it says vile things to me. My brain (like yours) absorbs the garbage I hear and see, digests and distills it. Inside my brain, that nastiness congeals into a distinct and horrible voice. When I picture the face behind this voice, I am…

How I found my tribe

The revival of campus center culture.

Indifference: A Blessing or Curse?

Indifference: A Blessing or Curse?