49 words about the economy.

The economy will never be perfect enough for you to be brave. If you were waiting for that to happen, go ahead and cross that off the list of “Reasons you’re not doing what you’re supposed to do.” Hopefully that list is getting shorter, because your days certainly...

Today is January 1st if You Want it to Be

Every day is January 1st if you want it to be. There is no magic in January 1st. The day itself is just a placeholder on a calendar. But for some reason we think it’s the only time change can start. We launch diets and businesses and new books and new dreams thinking...

The moment I knew I had a bad job.

I once worked at a company that started serving dinner in the corporate cafeteria. They announced it under the guise of convenience. “Now you can have dinner options you can bring home to your family!” Despite the upbeat email, everyone at the company knew this was a...

The funeral you probably missed.

Very few people came to the funeral. It was a quiet ceremony without a lot of fan fare. No one spoke at the service because we were all so glad to see it go. Death is never easy but in this case it was, for the funeral was not for a person, but rather a phrase. Years...

The vanilla trap.

I live tweeted the Golden Globes last weekend or last year depending on when you’re reading this. (If you’re reading from the future, I sure hope we have hover boards.) If you missed it, I think the most popular, deep insight I had about the Golden Globes...