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Holding my breath
Sometimes when I’m working, I realize that I’ve been holding my breath. If you’ve never noticed yourself doing that, then I beg you to pay attention to it just for today. Why? A man wearing a hoodie runs in with a cardboard sign that reads ‘Mindfulness is good for productivity. I punch that man hard…
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Suboptimal creative release
Last night I sat with a friend and we wrote a rap song. Neither of us can play any music or sing. But it was some of the most immersed I’ve felt doing anything in a long time. Around 2013 I started reading business books, looking for secrets to work more productively. This obsession shifted…
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Time circa 2019
I looked up at the wall from my computer screen and my calendar smiled back with 2021.
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The Vapidity of Business School
Photo by Kit from Pittsburgh, USA. http://www.flickr.com/people/97632390@N00 Nearing the Big G I’ve been tortured these past few days. I only have 2 months before graduating and like many in the same situation, I’m reflecting on what I’ve done and where my “real life” is headed. “Real life” as though the past 5 years and multiple…