It’s difficult to be unsatisfied with the present when you remind yourself that this - right now - is the “one day” that you once dreamed about.

A big part of making creative progress is making decisions.

It’s dangerous to ascribe too much worth to an object. And it’s equally as foolish to ascribe too much responsibility to an object, too.

There are days when your body can’t physically do much.

I always laugh at myself when well-worn advice nevertheless makes an impact.

In closing an insanely productive month, I need to take time and reflect on how it all got done.

I can never seem to escape the contradictions of this new hybrid working era.

When you’re in business for yourself, you can try, fail, pivot, regroup. There’s less acceptance of failure in a corporate environment, and so there’s often less experimentation, too.

Here’s what I learned during the early stages of the hiring process for a virtual assistant for my blog.

Good core values are those that can be demonstrated and reinforced; values that people in the organization can defend with real examples of how they guided decisions or behaviors when the organization was challenged.

Choosing a company based on its culture is all the more critical once you understand that it’s a fixed thing.

Why do organizations put pressure on your attention by insisting that you follow their procedures, only to abandon you when you seek out clarification?

Like a cracked door, glowing at the edges, the thing you thought was closed off to you comes into focus.

Who benefits from keeping topics complicated?

Whether applying for a job or reviewing applications to make a hire, you can either rely on promises or portfolios.

Creative pursuits can survive alongside the steady, reliable jobs that make a living.

I kept thinking about the woman who refused to be inconvenienced by a longer wait, how she had spoken up and stood her ground. Had she been incredibly rude, or was she simply sticking up for herself? 

I remember the ease of passing time playing cards. Not scrolling through nonsense on a tiny screen.

“Learn to observe patterns and you’ll never follow the crowd again.”

But today’s world has a lot of technology-enabled connectivity that can be harnessed to organize dissent.