The 1 key quality you miss when you only see positive and negative. You miss neutral. That was a terrible massage. I don’t want to do that again. What was I thinking? I will never do that again. Removing negative experiences make sense. Wow, my friend is fantastic. They are so supportive. I wish we [...]

I used to laugh at out-of-shape people jogging. Seeing them covered in sweat. Moving barely faster than a walk. It made me chuckle. I was awful back then. Then my girlfriend moved to the top of a 15 story high hill. Walking seemed the faster option. I immediately gained an appreciation for the effort just [...]

My first year of consulting I learned to always have a point of view.   Clients paid us hundreds of dollars an hour. Clients expected us to contribute to a conversation or idea with our own thought-out point of view. A dissenting opinion that challenged the status quo was preferable to vigorous head nodding agreement. [...]

I’m fine working with racists. I’ve done it my entire professional life. In my senior year of high school, I woke up at 5 am to work 4 hours in a furniture mill. My supervisor was racist. My teammate was a swastika tattoo having skinhead. He was a good teammate. Gave me some good tips. [...]