While many of us try to break out and understand others’ points of views, it’s natural to want to hang out with people who think like us. Who doesn’t like being right? And who better to validate your opinions than someone who thinks like you? A lot of my career…

I find in some circles the concept of faith feels taboo because of the word’s close association with religion. This post is not about that kind of faith. To me, faith is having enough conviction to attempt something for a greater good, even if you may never fully see the…

Taking care of a newborn is a lot of hard work without a lot of intellectual stimulation. As a result, I have gone deep into pod casts, audio books, and actual books. I’ve started writing a lot of posts about the things I’ve learned, but haven’t had time to finish…

I recently became a first time parent and my biggest takeaway from these first couple of weeks is there’s no powering through parenting. When I was preparing to become a parent, I tried to use a series of heuristics to understand what some of the challenges would be like and…

Today I had a great discussion with teammates about the importance of creating a sense of belonging within our team culture. Over the course of the discussion I found myself conflating the ideas of belonging and psychological safety. Are the two concepts really the same? Some interesting edge cases I…

There’s nothing quite like receiving bad advice. It has a way of seeping under my skin and just nagging at me. While it’s fine to just ignore when someone gives you bad advice, is it always a good idea? Nine times out of ten, probably. It’s that tenth time that…

Ironically, the post about story telling is going to be another one without an ending…. I love problem solving. Thinking through the different rules of play to develop a winning strategy is incredibly rewarding. When deep in my problem solving bubble, however, I have never had to describe how I…

Complexity bias is the tendency people have to prefer more complicated explanations to simple ones. It’s probably the reason why we need to be taught Occam’s Razor (the simplest explanation is usually the correct one). Sometimes I feel this way about work. It feels easier to just buckle-down and work until the thing is done. Hard work is important, but I also need to remind myself to keep trying to work smarter. What if instead of of focusing on what I accomplish in a day, I focused on how much time or effort it took me to do it? Let this be my new challenge. Prioritizing how I get things done now to unlock even bolder wins in the future.

I want you guys to take a good look at yourselves and feel proud. We made it here. We’re here. What I’ve learned from you is that really one of the most important things in life is showing up. I’m blown away by your ability to show up through everything…