When I was seven, my favorite joke went like this: Two guys sitting on a fence, Pete + Repeat. Pete falls off. Who’s left?Repeat.Two guys sitting on a fence, Pete + Repeat. Pete falls off. Who’s left? Repeat For a seven year old, this was a joyous loop of giggling. For my friends and family, […]
There used to be something noble about taking a low paying job, especially if it was in pursuit of the betterment of others. In my parent’s generation, there was a certain charitable nature to it, at least the way it was taught to me: You’ve been given so much, you should dedicate your life to […]
Move the Needle Thread The Needle Disengaged Stakeholders At the End of the Day Bottom Line Ship It Cutting Edge/Bleeding Edge Technology Customer Centric Innovation Disruptive Permission/Forgiveness Rule In 2016 I bought Sarah Cooper’s book “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” because it seemed so real and true to what I was hearing in […]
I miss my commute friend. We’d spend 30 minutes some mornings just chit-chatting, getting to know each other. We both sat in the same 2 adjacent seats each day, and there is a certain intimacy that develops when you see the same stranger do the same things that you do everyday for a while. You […]
A few months back I made a special trip over to Kaleidoscope Coffee in Pt. Richmond to get a latte. Not only is the coffee shop locally owned and very literary, (they used to host regular open mic nights and such) it always has a rotating display of local artists’ works on the walls. I […]
In the middle of the night, when I wake up with that middle-aged worry, tossing and turning, I sometimes put on a podcast, or an audible book. Somebody please tell me a story, help me to fall back asleep. Last night’s lullaby was the Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedantam. It was a little too interesting […]
I cycled to work each day for almost five years. Even though I was at 2 different companies during that time, the route was identical, just a few blocks shorter on that last year. Some mornings, depending on what time I was rolling through, it was just me and the green lights, everyone stays in […]
Why is it that is my favorite kind of fun? I’m not an adrenaline junkie by any stretch of the imagination, but the thrill of taking a right hand turn just as fast as you can without losing the backend of the car, or gliding down the mountain on skis just edging you toward loss […]
My Hourly Rate Varies. Widely. Whether I’m earning $12.25 per hour or $125.00 per hour it matters not. I care more about what I am doing, who I am doing it with, and if we are enjoying our time together. Are we accomplishing something as a team? Am I doing my thing, are you doing […]
Over a 20 year career, I’ve accumulated a closet full of people who would never want to work with me, ever again. Let’s call it a small coat closet. I imagine this closet in the foyer of a modest middle class Pasadena house. It could probably hold about 3 people. Maybe 4, if they crowed […]