“the sunset was nature’s masterpiece: swirls of apricot and amber spilling into the ocean, leaving behind nothing but wisps of cotton...

for me, finding the perfect daily notebook has always been a balancing act. it can’t be too proper (sorry, hardcovers); scribbled notes...

do you ever have trouble processing your thoughts? i do. my words always seem better when written, rather than spoken - and i often find...

i once had a writing teacher who said she kept every rejection letter she got as proof she was on a path towards something. that she’d...

have you ever had brain freeze? not the popsicle-induced kind (although those are the worst). but the “i’m-so-overwhelmed-i-don’t-know-wh...

we recently noticed that toth shop team calls often start with that smallest of ‘small talk,’ the weather update. as people who aim to...

it can be overwhelming to first put pen to paper (or fingers to keys). a professor of mine once gave me great advice - a writing dump....

does your business have a cornerstone? maybe it’s the thing you’ve been doing longest, the thing you're best at, the thing that’s most...

in just over a month, we are halfway through 2021. think hard: what have you accomplished this year? did you return to the office for the...

a weird fact about me? i have color synesthesia. i associate colors with numbers, letters, days of the week, months of the year. may is...

before it ever hits a page, writing is a thought that happens in your head. sometimes you’ve long mulled it over and have it neatly...

in the last few weeks, i’ve been convincing myself to buy a notebook. while it’s not the most indulgent purchase, i’m hoping it...

would you fly an airplane having never sat in the passenger seat? would you lead a 20-person team having never worked on one? maybe the...

many of us think of luck as beating the odds or subjecting ourself to random chance. for those of who like to be in control, relying on...

i attended a seminar last month taught by one of my all-time favorite undergraduate professors at kenyon college - donald l. rogan...

as the shortest month of the year, February technically means less time to accomplish a lot of stuff (even if only by one day). whether...

in formula 1 racing, drivers take warmup laps to test performance and safety. and when preparing to race at 200mph, most would agree a...

here’s the great thing about writing - it changes with you; for some of us, that means daily; for others, that means quarterly or yearly;...

until about a year ago, i could never work or study in silence. whether i was writing a paper or studying for a quiz, you’d always find...

behind every business lies a vision: their reason for being; the foundation for every decision made. a vision provides long-term...