Those who say that age is a state of mind are young, delusional, or smoking something. Either that or they’ve been roped in by a ludicrous stereotype of how people of a certain age are supposed to act, which of course is nonsense. In any case, there’s an epidemic of magical thinking[…] Read On
Searching for a scary movie to watch on Halloween, we came across Idiocracy, a sci-fi satire about the world’s dystopian future. Not a horror film, but its prophetic depiction of the dumbed-down society we’re rapidly becoming is terrifying, nonetheless. Written and directed by Mike Judge of Beavis and Butthead and Silicon[…] Read On
Some things are way harder to do than you might think, especially if they don’t come naturally to you. Learning a new language. Making an open-field tackle. Folding a fitted sheet. Getting rid of a skunk. Being good in bed. What can I say; nobody’s good at everything. Now I[…] Read On
I spent the weekend researching and writing a column on a fascinating Silicon Valley startup named Theranos. Elizabeth Holmes founded the health-tech company in her Stanford dorm room in 2003, then dropped out at 19 to focus on it fulltime. Over the next 10 years, Theranos remained enveloped in secrecy.[…] Read On
Cash or equity compensation incentives are only effective if they reinforce the right kind of behavior. Unfortunately, they usually don’t. That’s why executive pay for performance often rewards failure and CEO exit packages are out of control. And guess what? That same issue is beginning to affect all of us,[…] Read On
Over the course of a dynamic career, there will be plenty of opportunities to jump to the next level … if you capitalize and perform. Some of those inflection points take a while to develop. Others happen in a flash. I’ll never forget the first time I appeared for an interview[…] Read On
I had an academic frenemy growing up. Since I started broadening my horizons senior year of high school – into sex and drugs and rock and roll, to be specific – he sort of edged me out. I’ll never forget how, in my yearbook, he declared victory, citing the old[…] Read On