It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in March 2021. I was sitting in my […]
I’m Tired of Your Professional Mask and Everyone Else Is Too
It was a Tuesday in October 2019. I was sitting in a glass-walled conference room […]
Stop Pretending Your Shitty MVP Needs to Move Fast and Break Things
Mark Zuckerberg said it in 2004. It’s 2024. Why are we still acting like this […]
Why Your Five-Year Plan is a Total Lie and What to Do Instead
I’m sitting in a Starbucks in 2014—the one on 4th and Seneca in Seattle—staring at […]
Your Productivity System is Just a Fancy Way of Procrastinating (And I’m Guilty Too)
I spent fourteen hours on a Saturday in mid-October of 2021 building a “Life Dashboard” […]
Why I stopped reading everything and finally started doing the work
I remember sitting in my kitchen at 2:14 AM on a Tuesday in 2019. I […]
Your Open Door Policy is Just a Lazy Way to Avoid Real Leadership
Back in 2019, I worked for a mid-sized logistics firm called Stellar Flow. The VP, […]
Why Your All-Rounder Skillset Is Actually Keeping You Broke and Bored
Being a generalist is just a polite way of saying you’re a professional fire extinguisher. […]
Stop going to mixers: How to build a real network from your couch
I once spent $250 on a “Young Professionals Mixer” in Chicago back in 2017. I […]
The 8-Hour Workday is a Relic That is Actively Rotting Your Team’s Brains
I remember sitting in my cubicle at 3:14 PM on a rainy Tuesday in 2018. […]