Live and Learn on Purpose.
It’s the season! Classes are done. It’s study day. In just 48 hours you’ll be sitting down to take your first final exam of the semester. This time next week, it’ll all be over. The pressure is unreal: your performance during each of these 2-hour […]
You’ve heard me talking about it for a while. Hints. Whispers. Random podcast episodes… What Is The Intentional Academy? A passion project, that is in it’s infancy. What do we stand for? What are we trying to accomplish? That we can answer with this,
In real life, there are no assignments. No grades. No transcript. No diploma. You’re not going to graduate, the journey is the point! The Only Thing that Matters The work. Do. The. Work. Find something so important that you can’t sleep. Something that speaks to […]
There’s an old saying: The more I look around, the more I realize that very few people reach success in a big, shining moment of good fortune. They don’t win the lottery. They don’t have a flash of genius. They don’t get discovered. There’s no […]
Yes, I know today is August 23. Fall classes start in just 4 days, and I’m prepping for the first day. I plan on asking my students one question: “Why are you here?” Take a second and look at a picture of the Earth. You […]
Listen carefully to most political arguments and you’ll hear two trains of thought intertwined: “what could be” and “what should be.” When we confuse them, these two angles can suck us into a vortex. When we keep them clear – that’s the foundation of intentional […]
About a month ago, I committed to capturing and sharing my life story via SnapChat. The goal was simple: I want to look back on a life well-lived, a life that people tell stories about. My experiment: by telling my story, I’ll learn how to […]
Stay up late studying or sleep and get well-rested? Get some sleep. The big issue is that most people aren’t actually studying when they are preparing for a test. They’re learning the material for the first time. Studying is just refreshing ideas you’ve already grappled […]
“It’ll be better when I’m done.” This was my mantra during grad school. Every time I was stuck at the lab until midnight. Every time I had trouble paying the bills. Every time I watched a friend in “the real world” get promoted. I had […]
The worst time to dig a well is when you realize you’re thirsty. As a student, I hated networking. Hated it! I realize now that I had two issues: I was trying to fit their mold. I felt that I had to be manipulative. Both […]
