Have you heard of The Moth story? Somehow, I came across it and got hooked. True, personal stories, told out loud, by people like you and me. The Moth story…
On borrowed time
I keep hearing about people leaving us suddenly. One day they’re here, among us, and the next they’re gone. Every time I hear this, my heart stops for a long…
What keeps you circling in place?
I grew up with a Romanian saying: “Ai carte, ai parte.” Roughly translated, it means: “If you have education, you have a better life.” Or, as my father kept…
When the system shakes us
I was reading about business resilience this week and my mind kept making connections… Business resilience is the ability of a business to withstand…
Two ends of the same fear of missing out
Are you the person who cannot turn down an invitation? The one who is always going somewhere, meeting someone, attending one more dinner, one more event…
What if your happy place is closer than you think?
When I think about a happy place, I imagine a physical place. A beautiful beach. A warm climate. A quiet room with light coming through tall windows. A place where…
Testing my wellbeing
There is a moment in every project when the roles flip. You think you are testing the thing you are building. Then you realize it has started testing you. That is what…
Make the most of the day
Crappy weather weekends are perfect for personal projects. There. I said it. The things I tell myself to feel better. After all, bad weather removes the pressure to…
Caught in the daily theatre of things
The ancient Greeks had a strange little habit. They practiced death. Socrates believed that philosophy was, in some way, a preparation for death. A practice of…
When stress isn’t your enemy
Stress has a bad reputation. And rightly so, in many cases. Too much stress, for too long, with no rest in sight, can wear us down. It can leave us exhausted…