We tend to treat intelligence like it’s a fixed asset. Something you either have, like good hair or a tolerance for small talk, or you don’t. But I’ve been thinking. What if intelligence isn’t a possession? What if it’s a posture? What if intelligence is simply curiosity in […]
I saw a quote the other day while doing what all of us do when we are absolutely not looking for existential reflection but are scrolling. It said something like: If everyone in the world wrote down their problems and threw them into a hat, would you reach […]
There are movies you watch as a kid and think, “Cool.” And then there are movies you revisit as an adult and think, “…wait a minute, is this a cautionary tale about my job?” Enter RoboCop. At first glance, it’s peak 80s dystopian sci-fi. It’s a crime-ridden Detroit, […]
I was minding my business. Thriving, even. Or at the very least, moderately hydrated and answering emails with appropriate punctuation. And then LinkedIn, ever the unexpected philosopher, offered me this gem. “Appreciate those who gossip about you. It’s not easy for someone to set aside their own problems […]
I recently came across a proverb that felt less like gentle wisdom and more like a personal boundary with excellent branding: “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” Excuse me while I embroider this onto everything I own. My whiteboard.My […]
What’s a mystery from your own life that you’ve never solved? I’ve been “resilient” for as long as I can remember. Not in the cute, inspirational poster way, with a lotus flower rising from mud. But in the quiet, clinical way adults say it when they’ve decided you […]
Somewhere between the velvet ropes of glory and the folding chairs of “we regret to inform you,” lives a curious little purgatory called almost. Enter Diego Pavia. Once whispered in the same breath as the Heisman Trophy, now conspicuously absent from the draft board like the last guest […]
There’s a particular kind of advice that floats around like a motivational screensaver. That advice is to never regret being a good person. It sounds lovely. Clean. Almost saint-adjacent. And then you meet people. Not all people. But enough of them. The ones who take your kindness, hold […]
There is a purpose for everyone you meet. I know. It sounds like something you’d find cross-stitched on a pillow next to a suspiciously calm fern. Stay with me. Because some people do not enter your life gently. They arrive like a pop quiz you didn’t study for, […]
“It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.” Ah, Ernest. Sir. You really woke up and chose violence with that one. Because here I am, not yet sixty (thank you very much), and already deeply aware that the second half of […]
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