Ask not what your employees can do for you—ask what you can do for your employees. Traditionally, hiring has focused on: How will you, the candidate,...
Though she stood at only 4’10”, Madeleine Albright was always the most commanding presence in the room (I know from experience). As an immigrant with political...
The traditional mentor-mentee relationship model has a problem: incentives. Or, more precisely, a lack thereof. People tend to become mentors out of a desire to “give...
What exactly is a friendship? It’s not quite a romance — based on continuous intimacy, romantic love, with countless novels and movies created to explore it. ...
Too many leaders set values unilaterally — from the top down. Top-down values aren’t really values. They’re commands. Especially in today’s talent market, where people crave a...
Here’s a hard truth for entrepreneurs: The people who tell you to “Go all in” have no idea what it means to go all in. Or,...
Recently, I met my team at Upscribe in person for the first time. We hired most of our 13-person team during the pandemic, so we’ve never actually met...
Just about every personal growth analogy can be traced back to surfing. One of the most powerful comes from surfing’s most essential task: riding waves. When...
In Sapiens, Yuval Harari discusses how the most influential members of society tend to be polymaths. They may do really well in one area, but their expertise...
My parents come from Sri Lanka, and I was born in the UK. We were one of those families that moved every two or three years....