One thing that can easily destroy future collaborations…
The near-enemy of communication isn’t silence, there’s a more insidious menace— Logical fallacies. I won’t deviate from my stance that […]
It is what it is. Or is it a toxic phrase?
The bridge collapsed. A fire destroyed the hotel. You got retrenched. The project failed. “It is what it is!” Inevitably, […]
The office apocalypse. We are the working dead!
What we don’t always realize – the apocalypse has already begun – A long time ago. In the background – […]
How are you?
“How are you?” Your manager asked the question out of courtesy, and not necessarily out of interest. But such are […]
Views from all over. Is social media ruining your life?
This answer on QUORA resonates with much of what I believe about social media. Look, social media isn’t “all evil.” […]
The elevator pitch
If you can communicate something in a more refined manner, do it. Refinement implies you’ve gone through the motions of […]
Why do you hate Mondays? Are you already worrying on a Sunday?
Why do you hate Mondays? We could also ask an even more relevant question— When does your Monday start? For […]
When soldiers cry
During my year in the military I saw grown men cry. Soldiers cried when their girlfriends dumped them from a […]
The broken holiday— When boundaries fail.
I wrote these words — Once when I felt utterly down and out. I’m a thousand miles from home— Surrounded […]