Have you ever been excited to take on a big project, only to realize that you have no idea where to start? Creative work can be overwhelming. Projects become lumbering monsters which take on a life of their own and Continue reading 6 Steps to Slice a Big Project Down to Size→
It’s happening again–just as they did with the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad, Apple is shaking up the way in which tech gadgets fit into our lives with the Apple Watch. Love them or hate them, smart watches are Continue reading The five best reasons to not buy an Apple Watch–all written in 1962→
The problem You know the problem. In theory, mobile gadgets should be cool, fun, and useful. And they often are. But in practice, putting something in your pocket that’s a hybrid telephone/texting machine/web browser/camera/multimedia player also sometimes gets in your Continue reading 16 Ways to Turn Your Scattered Smartphone into a Mindfulness Machine→
This post is more nerdy and meta than the practical topics I usually cover, but I thought it was fun to think about. Enjoy! 1. The Question Today a friend posted on Facebook that she’s trying to figure out how Continue reading How can you stop hauling so many books while traveling? Math has the answer→
Are you doing (or thinking about), graduate school or another intense learning experience? After getting two masters’ degrees in three years, I’m kicking off my new series of personal development chats by sharing some of the tips that helped me Continue reading “Ten ways I survived grad school”: Sign up now for Monday’s seminar→
I had the honor recently of speaking on a webinar for potential Atlas Corps fellows interested in the one-year program that I served with in Colombia, which placed me to work at the national headquarters of a Spanish NGO fighting Continue reading The 3 things you absolutely must do before signing up to volunteer overseas→
Let me warn you, this is a dense post, so don’t worry if it’s a little heavy for you–the point of it is to help those people who are very conceptual thinkers to not make dumb mistakes based on very Continue reading Don’t be 100% wrong about the 80-20 rule→
Let me be clear: my first year in grad school, I had all kinds of aspirations, but I didn’t set out to become the young male intern who won the office bake-off with a microwave recipe from the Internet. I Continue reading The pie supremacy: 5 lifehacking lessons from my accidental bake-off domination→
After taking some time off from Anchors and Bridges projects to complete the most intensive (and not coincidentally, penultimate), semester of my MBA/MA graduate program, for which I was working with three different consulting clients simultaneously, I am happy to Continue reading A 2013 connected to what matters→
I was sorry to hear about the passing of Stephen R. Covey, and the news made me reflect on how his ideas changed my life. As useful as his main ideas, products, and services are, how he taught his ideas Continue reading Seven (other) habits I learned from Stephen Covey→