Asking questions is the most misunderstood cheat code in business 🎮 — Sun rises as you walk from the parking garage towards a different box-shaped building than usual. Your shadow stretches between you and the door. Through that door is your new life. It’s your first day on the job. As the new guy, there’s a gap between what you know and…

Boost your productivity and reduce stress with this simple trick — Sitting at your desk, ear buds in, jamming out to the B-52s, pounding out some code like a key board warrior in the heat of battle and in comes a request to do something and do it NOW! You know you’re in the middle of something important, a commitment you’ve…

I’ve spent 10 years in consulting and here’s my dead simple guide for whether you should email, call, ping or tweet (don’t) with your client or coworker — *Ping*, *Ping*, *Ring*, *Click*, *Swoosh*, *Hey!* Every office worker knows the daily barrage of Pings, Rings and Heys as information flits to-and-fro between you and people near-and-far. During days with a full calendar I’ve found myself using the communication method that’s in front of me rather than the one that’s…

May this help those who do not struggle with OCD support those who do — You’re probably aware of the Stream of Consciousness, the involuntary flow of our thoughts from moment to moment. For a healthy person it looks something like this, stretching on into infinity in either direction. In the depths of my struggle with OCD my Stream of Consciousness was hijacked. It looked…

When I’m not sleeping in the bath, I’m reading. Today was a long day, so I’m in search of some respite. Since I’m caffeinated, I think I’ll read. For this session I’ve selected “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl. Now, I’m not one of those people who reads 50…

It’s midnight on a weeknight and I’m in less of a hurry to get to bed than I should be. I’m sitting at my workstation in the second bedroom lit with the diffused glow of an incandescent lamp positioned behind my computer monitor. *bump* I’m pulled back out of my…

My Year Off Instagram — It’s Thanksgiving 2020. I’m chilling at my in-laws house for a few days while I’m off work. Here I spend 99% of my time on a sofa that I seem to be magnetically attracted to. This is the place and time where checking my Instagram doesn’t feel like a crime. …

When Was The Last Time you Changed your Mind? — That day in September was hot. After the speed-walk from the front of the park through the maze of barriers littered throughout Epcot we were covered in sweat. We were racing to the standby line where we hoped to hear news of people no-showing for their reservations. Reservations not for…

If this stuff I’m making is intentional (as decided by my brain) then why is my brain (the same brain) freaking out? Does it matter? What can I do about it? I had decided making stuff was worth it so I started. Then came the doubts. First in small waves…