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Basic training

A 2024 holiday season batch of links

Commuting is a form of self care

What sticks to you. What sticks with you.

A mid-December batch of links

To health

Pair up with better peers

A Thanksgiving batch of links

Going the corporate route

Is the traditional midlife crisis dropping in scale?

A late November batch of links

In the age of authenticity, some people are just jerks

A bonus column post-election

Offsites

A late October batch of links

Money matters

When to turn down a promotion

A mid October batch of links replaced by an In memoriam

Where I'd estimated wrong - and how I've course-corrected since

I'm not for everyone

An early October batch of links

Friends to the end

You have my permission

A late September batch of links

Sweet little lies people tell to spare you

Scenes from camp

An early September batch of links

The age when you put it together, when you start to pull yourself together

Social listening

A late August batch of links

Sometimes, they're really not strangers

On disruption

An early August batch of links

Misunderstandings about therapy

Homework for dummies

A late July batch of links

"Top Chef" for poets

The mainstreaming of online gambling is a massive loss

An early July batch of links

Fixing what can be fixed

A holiday bonus column

Looking back to look ahead

A late June batch of links

Speaking up

How to save a life

A mid-June batch of links

Some short reflections from my recent trip to Israel

Cutting the line. Cutting deep.

A late May batch of links

Taking the L

Rethinking public displays of attention

A mid-May batch of links

How to talk to reporters as an early-stage startup founder

Birthday celebrations at work hit differently now

Early May batch of links replaced by a recent PR win

What I've been doing with my free time

How to win with curiosity

A late April batch of links

The case for and against the pizza influencer is wrapped up in the packaging

Making your first departmental hire

An early April batch of links

The critical shift that takes place from Year 2 into Year 3

Pursuing a path of sobriety

A late March batch of links

A casual chat, five years later, with the person who informed me I no longer worked there

The time I caught my train without incident

An early March batch of links

Usually, there's an explanation. Sometimes, you get to hear it.

What's life like at a successful startup these days? A lengthy interview to find out.

A late February batch of links

Getting to know Josh, a Facebook friend, upon his death at 36

What is the Attending Effect, and why's it good for you?

An early February batch of links

How to talk about (active) gaps on your resume

My original take on the Sea Splitting that I delivered in a sermon this morning

A late January batch of links

Bringing the care back to customer care

Talking to teenagers

A mid-January batch of links

Better team-building activities ahead