I’ve been thinking more recently about how relevant the diet metaphor is for the information we consume. What is our information diet like? What are we putting into our body? How does that make us feel?

My dad has an expression that I’ve been reflecting on lately.  He often says “where you stand depends on where you sit.” In other words, your belief about a thing depends a lot on how that thing affects you personally.

I’ve never worked for a leader who repeated themselves too much. Who explained the company strategy in toooo much detail. Or who communicated too much about company goals.

Lately I have been really leaning into the power of peer groups. Being able to ask a simple question to a group of peers (more than a couple, but less than a room full) can be a really illuminating exercise.

Sometimes I like to play a little game with my therapist. I like to ask him playfully “so, what do YOU think?”

Sometimes I find myself daydreaming and thinking back to the groups of friends I’ve been a part of over the years. My high school buddies. My college buddies. The group of friends I made in Delhi or New York.

I was on my way to the 3rd day of the Evolution offsite in LA at the end of October last year, when someone ran a stop sign and hit my car.

I just read a fascinating interview with one of my professors from grad school, Jim Baron. He shared such interesting insights from his research on startups in Silicon Valley in the 90s and 2000's.

I joined Evolution as a partner at the end of last year to continue to build my own coaching business. And to expand my business beyond coaching as well.

I had everything all set up.  The handouts.  The fancy notebooks.  The beautiful benches in the shade overlooking the river.

When I shut down my start up and got a "real" job at AMEX in 2013 - I remember how different the new job felt. It was so freeing.

Busy professionals like me are so focused on what is going on in our heads, that we often ignore the inconveniences of our bodies.

By definition, a startup founder is someone betting against the consensus.

“Gen Z doesn’t want to work. They don’t want to do their jobs. They are so entitled!”

I’ve been hearing some version of that with increasing frequency lately.

A lot of my conversations with clients revolve around questions of “am I in the right role?”

When it comes to a career path or a job prospect - it is wise to consider the balance of predictability and randomness you are signing up for.

The return to the office conversation has forced many people to face tough truths about their jobs. And how those jobs actually fit into their lives.

I caught up with an old friend recently and after a while our conversation turned to our youth.

As a leader and as a parent - it feels good to be the hero. To have the right answer. To rescue the person that relies on you.

There is so much to learn from reading or listening to smart people on the internet. And yet the accumulation of their ideas and perspectives might actually be leading us astray.