How excel changed my life

Why we should all learn to use Excel

“The software itself doesn’t make you smarter…but somehow, it gives you credibility.”

Privileges — Part 2

Why we should check our biases

“What I learned from this — and the course too — is we can all benefit from checking our own biases.”

Education vs. Experience

The learning curve plateau

I see a lot of applicants who are over-educated and under-experienced. They either apply above their experience or below their education. Kids with MBAs with only co-op experience asks for $100k salaries, but that isn’t going to…

The ivory tower

It’s important to stay grounded when you have power.

When we describe power, it’s usually described using descriptions that is the opposite of being “grounded”: ivory tower, high horse, a nice office on the 101th floor, etc. .

How subscription services improved my quality of life

Using subscription services changed my life. It freed up more time for me to do other things. It minimized my to-do list, and it opened me up to new opportunities that I wouldn’t have pursued.

The Millennial

What you’re describing is not a “millennial”, it’s modern day.

It’s quite surprising to me that when someone describes what a “millennial” is, often they describe something who is technology enabled, and is with the trend.

On wikipedia the…

Principles

Being “principled” doesn’t make you boring, it makes you morally right

The thing about principles is it doesn’t make the situation or your argument any more valid. It doesn’t change the facts. But it does, however, remind people of what the common values and ideologies are. What we…

The future

The future is not “great”, you are

The future is great because it is unknown. You can be optimistic and dream about how great it will be. How different you will be from the present. How much will have changed. How all of your problems will have be solved.

The thin-skull rule.

Who is to blame?

The “thin-skull rule” is something that I learned in law school today. It’s the principle of common law where if you flick so light that it can break a skull, because the person’s skull was particularly thin, you are still at fault.

Why?

There was a speech
No names were mentioned
But you thought it was about you
So you got angry

What if wasn’t about you?

Would you still get angry?

What did you do?