No matter how well-designed, well-researched, and well-implemented any given product or experience is, it will never work for 100% of people. This is true for […]
From the Archives: Competition, Collaboration, and Writing
I was browsing through some of my old documents, and came across a piece I wrote in grad school about competition and collaboration in academia, […]
Yes, Be Yourself: In Defense of Authenticity
Over the weekend I saw a NY Times op ed article pop up in my RSS feed (yes, I maintain an RSS feed) that rebuts the idea […]
Motivation and Authenticity: Old Bedfellows
For all of my interest in both motivation and authenticity, I was stunned to realize in reading a book about con artists (of all things) […]
BART Tells It Like It Is: When Corporate Social Media Gets Real
Last week, San Francisco’s public transit system, the BART, experienced electrical problems that negatively impacted service. As people are wont to do, riders flocked to Twitter […]
Measured Authenticity for Art that Resonates
I’m very interested in the concept of how much a person’s self-expression for an audience (whether it’s writing, performance, art, or something else) should be personal. […]
Shonda Rhimes Joins The Authenticity-Is-Happiness Club
I recently talked a bit about the book Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by […]
Saying Yes and Saying No: A Purpose-Guided Agenda
In further evidence that I’m a product of my era, I decided to read Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun […]
Is Freedom the Pursuit of Happiness? The Boston Public Library Liberty Tree
I was wandering through the Boston Public Library‘s main branch at Copley Square (a truly enchanted building) when I stumbled across an interactive exhibit to […]
I Gotta Be Me: When Authenticity is Hard
Being yourself is the quickest path to happiness, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to do. Sometimes being true to yourself involves making hard […]