Delicately complex, yet understated.
Burnout is the most famous brother in the career family, or more simply, the most infamous. Almost every employee touches burnout at some point in their careers. There are plenty of articles, stories, and steps to address over-worked employees. However, I think there are other phases that employees can walk…
Frameworks, systems, tools – You could say I’m a fan. I like using them, building them, breaking them down and re-building them. I like how they open up new ways of looking at data, at making comparisons and creating metaphors, and at either zooming out of a problem or zooming…
“What is your management philosophy?” was the question asked, pretty innocently. I’d been a manager for over a year at this point, and oddly enough, this was the very first time someone was asking me this question. Fortunately for the asker, as well as my team members, I had a…
I’m a big fan of revisiting old ideas and iterating on them. Its always fascinating using an old concept or framework on a new problem and seeing how well it stands up. Recently, I’ve been noticing the company I’ve been working at, Cloudflare, is slowly re-inventing itself from within and…
Religions have often grabbed upon the images of light and fire. Hymns sing out “Light the fire in my soul.” The Quran offers “Allah is the Light.” The apostles of Jesus were anointed with tongues of flame above their heads. In Hinduism, fire is one of the five sacred elements.…
I take a very long view of life. Friends of mine have joked that I live about four months ahead of the current moment. I can’t really argue with them. As soon as I go out to an internship, I am already mentally preparing for leaving it. The way I…
Brushing your teeth. Wearing makeup. Wearing shoes. Wearing clothing. Tweezing your eyebrows. Shaving. Wearing high heels.Using wigs and weaves. Using perfume. Using soap. All of these things are unnatural. Partaking in them is an afront to Mother Nature! They are abominations! Man was never meant to clean himself! Women were…
How long does it take for a myth to be accepted as truth? For a fable to go from the pages of fiction to being taught in elementary schools? Centuries? Thousands of years? I would like to say that it takes a very long time, but all it really seems…
I have seen a lot of memorials in my life. I have seen every memorial at the mall at Washington, D.C. – some of them twice. In eighth grade, I searched the black granite for previous Hollingers. Men that I never knew and to whom I was probably barely related.…
I am going to graduate in December. Crap. I am going to graduate in December! No, my dear readers, I don’t think you understand. I will graduate. As great as this sounds on paper, these three words come with a gigantic tidal wave of uncertainty, change and risk. For my…