The end of 2020 couldn’t come soon enough. With quarantine, I feel like everyone has been steadily worn down, both mentally and physically. For those that have been working from home during this period, it’s been an interesting experience. …

While his empire began with a mouse, Walt Disney grew his studio into the industry leader in animation. The problem was, he was growing tired of it all. …

Have you ever gone through the motions for so long that you forgot why you were even doing it in the first place? Time passes by without you noticing. Hours slip through your fingers and you stay the same. Doing the same thing, day by day, week by week, month…

We live in a time where deep-specialization is highly encouraged — what technologist Vinnie Mirchandani calls the monomath. Almost every profession specializes to an extent: doctors, lawyers, academics, consultants, and so on. This is a trend largely driven by the economy. …

We hear it a lot, especially at startups that want to celebrate their ability to move quickly. Fail fast. Fail early. Fail often. This sounds well and good and I understand the core idea they’re championing. Failure is the only way to learn what you do not know. It’s often…

What do you want to be when you grow up? It seems like a harmless question. We’re asked this early on, when we hardly know any better. Saturday morning cartoons, children’s books, and games often determine our answers: A policeman. An astronaut. A doctor. A lawyer. A firefighter. A dog…