Untried isn’t the same as unloved

I used to think “do what you love” was permission. Now I think it’s often an excuse. I didn’t love coaching until I tried it scared. I didn’t love writing until I forced myself onto the page. Comfort wears love’s clothes well. If I...

The one skill AI can’t replace

I’ve been circling an uncomfortable question this month: what happens to our thinking when the tools built to help us think get better than we are at everything except the one thing that matters most? MIT researchers gave me part of the answer. In a study led by...

Care anyway

I don’t have a team in this World Cup. Affiliations, yes, but not a team I have supported in the sport since birthright. Yes, not a choice, but parental affiliation. No specific flag, no bloodline, some childhood loyalty. And yet I’ve spent four weeks...

Not that attention

I’ve watched a few people crash in slow motion. They built their platform on a version of themselves that wasn’t quite true. A little more certain than they were. A little more successful than the numbers showed. The audience came. Fast. And then, as these...

The original

Someone out there is trying to copy you. Not your look. Not your product. Your edge. The thing you built through years of hard choices, failed experiments, and quiet persistence. The replica economy is not new. It is just faster now. Close enough to confuse the...