On Failure as a Form of Education
Failure is discussed a lot in leadership circles, mostly as something to be reframed into triumph. What's less discussed is how to actually learn from it.
Continue reading → My Annual Reckoning With Daylight Saving Time
Twice a year I am asked to pretend that time is a flexible and human-managed concept. Twice a year I fail at this.
Continue reading →On Ruth: The Loyalty We Rarely Discuss
The book of Ruth is often read as a love story. I keep returning to it as a story about the kind of loyalty that costs something.
Continue reading →October Light
A poem about the particular slant of light that arrives in October and what it does to the ordinary world.
Continue reading →On Asking Better Questions
The quality of your questions shapes the quality of your thinking. Most of us never examine the questions we're asking.
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