Rank Is a Drink Best Served Mixed

Rank Is a Drink Best Served Mixed

Of course it had to happen on a holiday weekend. The rainiest weekend of the spring. Our septic backed up, and with no one available to help, we dug up the earth, well, mud actually, lifted the 100-pound concrete slab, and tried to unclog it ourselves. Without the...
Motive is in Your Hands

Motive is in Your Hands

We’re inundated with coverage of the Epstein files as they trickle out. Headlines, podcasts, and reports dissect what they reveal about Epstein, wealth, and power. Even the release itself tells a story: the Department of Justice holding back some files, redacting...
The Fog of War

The Fog of War

You’ve got five meetings today. A decision hanging over your head: launch now or wait until spring? Three final-round candidates to interview. A key team member just announced maternity leave. And this isn’t an unusually busy week. This is every week. In this pressure...
Are You Too Much?

Are You Too Much?

“Just try to tone it down a bit, Julie.” It took me by surprise. This was a teacher I respected deeply, someone whose judgment I trusted, and she was telling me that I was too intimidating to another student. That I needed to dial myself back. I remember feeling...
The Struggle

The Struggle

We live in a world saturated with advice. There’s guidance on everything: fitness, health, business, relationships. Knowledge is everywhere. But is knowledge enough? Can we grow simply because we’ve been told how? Consider this In Jerry Maguire, the title character is...
Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings

Success is so often defined by scale: bigger companies, bigger markets, bigger valuations. We’re conditioned to chase growth so it’s easy to assume that our competence and worth is reflected by size. But is bigger always better? Consider this When Steve Jobs returned...