As summer comes to an end I once again find myself in “prep week” – that short but essential time to get everything in place so that an amazing semester is inevitable. It’s one of my favorite weeks of the year because nothing is set […]
Category: Launch Your Career
Midterm Rehab
Surviving. That’s the number one word students (and faculty) use to describe themselves in the middle of the semester. Time, Money, and Career are three areas of life that can combine to cause so much stress! I recently gave a workshop to share quick, simple […]
In Defense of Deeper Thoughts
As we work to make higher education equitable and inclusive, we face a fundamental challenge: scaling our offerings to a larger student body without scaling the faculty in the same proportion. A key aspect of access is cost, and bringing additional faculty into the mix […]
When to Give Up
You’re going to spend your time doing something. Your money is going to get spent on something. Your effort and passion will be spent. These things aren’t to save, they are to spend. But on what? The more I experience, the more I realize the […]
Is Abandoning Your Goals the Secret to Success?
“Goal setting” has become one of those Insta-famous ideas that successful looking people send post after post for us to see. “You just have to set an intention,” “I made a list of goals and then got to work, and now I have a luxury […]
Is that the best you can do?
One of the biggest challenges with negotiating is that we’re usually doing it on our own behalf. We’re not only close to the action, we’re highly invested in the result. Take, for instance, negotiating your compensation for a new job. A 10% difference in your […]
The spot that’s left for humans
“What is really clear fo me is that if you have a job where we can specify what “good” and “bad” results look like, there’s a computer that’s going to be able to do that job really soon.” Seth Godin We’re living through at strange […]
I think I might be an adult now.
Every time I reach a goal, I find myself mourning the journey that’s ended. Goals are funny that way: they’re more like punctuation marks than complete thoughts. I’ve spent the first 35 years of my life “getting started.” I built my personality and beliefs. I […]
BRB
Hey there! I am so excited to tell you that I am working on some big things! I’m almost ready to share the details, but not quite! In the meanwhile, the finishing touches on these two major projects are consuming all of my attention. I’ll […]
Everyone Around Me is Better than I Am
A couple weeks ago I managed to successfully climb the hardest route I’ve ever completed without falling since I started rock climbing. It’s rated 5.11b, and I spent four different days over a two-month period practicing it before I finally succeeded. During that time, I […]
