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Recently, I have been reflecting on the concept of mentorship: what it is, what it is not, what the best mentors do, and what they do not do. Personally, I do...
I’m terrified of public speaking. You wouldn’t know it. You wouldn’t see my pulse explode like lightning behind my eyes while the embodiment of my childhood self scaled a tree. You’d...
When I originally began writing a novel, I had not one but two job offers from interesting companies. Neither had anything to do with my creative pursuits, not directly. One was...
The Illusion of Success: the Story of Rocky, the Ambitious High-Achiever Who Became a Button-Presser
Rocky is a highly curious person who wants to be exceptional. He has a question many people have. How can I be extraordinary? This is his story. __ I want to be the...
Somewhere, everywhere, toddlers around the world are teaching their parents to slow down, to take a breather, to just enjoy. "Just enjoy!" Oh how that phrase used to bother me! It meant "tolerate...
I love rainy days. When I was a child, my teachers would ask the class, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" I would tell them, “I want to be...