How to become the change you seek. — Fear pays. But you already know this. You see the news headlines and trending articles. Writers and journalists respond to incentives. And we pay the price with our mental health. Yet in the backdrop of so much negativity — some of which is grossly exaggerated — it’s worth taking a…

How to close the loop. — My classmate was the epitome of procrastination hell. I still don’t know how he did it. We were in grad school for business and we had huge papers due every eight weeks. They required intensive research and analysis. You couldn’t just wing it. Even worse, we all had full-time jobs…

Behaviors that won’t age well. — When people write self-help listicles, they often overstate the obvious. Work hard and never give up! Don’t be afraid of failure. Those are critical aspects of success, but they don’t add much to the conversation. It’s important to examine less discussed topics. If more people understood these seven things sooner…

A revealing insight into ideologies and how you shop for homes. — Liberals love townhomes. You might be asking yourself, “Why should I even care to know why?” The reasoning goes to the very heart of our ideologies and psychology. Learning why might just boost your empathy, and your understanding of the “other side”. It will even help you on your next…

Please don’t take my roof. — I live in Tampa, Florida. We have an imminent and lovely date with Ian. Ian doesn’t like that I bought a brand new house. Like a psychotic jealous ex, he wants to take all the good things in my life and rip them apart. My home is just outside of…

Why curiosity is king. — I had a fairly unique writing journey on Medium. I’d already found some success on a similar platform, Quora, where I’d written for three years prior. It seemed like that experience would help me build an audience here with you lovely folks. However, something was wrong in the beginning. I…

All it takes is one good idea. — Great ideas can fall out of the sky and into your lap. There could be a bunch of people in a boardroom, scrambling to come up with something. Perhaps 1000 bad ideas had already been scrapped. Everyone sits around the table in silence, stumped on what to do. Then, eventually…

It’s really just a lesson in people skills. — I’ll be honest. It started to piss me off. I wasn’t angry in the sense that I wanted to punch him in the face. It was more of an incredulous, “how did that actually work”, feeling. Steven and I were roommates and have been long-time friends. We were both in…

What a lottery winner and a paraplegics have in common. — Our quest for exceptionalism has created a war on mediocrity. If your key measure of happiness is “being the best”, it’s like taking a high-risk low reward bet. Even people who are the best, generally aren’t any happier than we are. You’ll be doomed to an unfulfilling life. There’s a…