This idea was the result of many beers and a long conversation with a good friend. They were laid off from a tech job back in ’21 and became a house cleaner as a ‘side hustle’. …

I am a voracious reader. My first job was in a bookstore which, let me tell you, was a bad move on my part. How bad? I stopped counting them and started weighing them. When I hit 300 pounds of books, my parents asked me to stop. …

Years ago, I helped start a recording studio in Baltimore. My brother from another mother, Mike Walls, was and still is the heart and soul of the studio. He’s also the brains and other body parts. And I was more like the appendix. Anyway, Mike taught me a lot of…

At last count, there are almost 30,000 restaurants in the Big Apple. There’s even a saying: “You could eat a different restaurant, three meals a day, for the rest of your life, and still not eat at every one in NYC” And after moving here, I think that’s a little…

I had just finished a short read about the Theory of Change in a PDF from the UN Development Group. To simplify, a Theory of Change (TOC) says “if we do X, then we change Y”. Let’s say you want to reduce the number of people end up back in…

Back in ‘09, I read Gawande’s Checklist Manifesto. I didn’t take it to heart but I was a little headstrong in those days. It would take a few more years of relying on others to help me stay on track before I finally got over myself. In ‘13, I started…

Think about the best parts of driving. The feel of the road, the way the car handles, the excitement of a road trip, and all those times you fell asleep in the back seat as a kid. Now, think about the parts you hate about driving. The traffic, the cost…

As the holiday season wears off, there’s one issue that is front and center for a lot of managers and business owners. Employers want people back in the office. Employees don’t wanna go back. Employees have a lot of solid reasons to not want to return. Transmissible diseases, physical and…

With 2023 heading straight for us almost every human on the planet is thinking about the new year and what will come of it. First, the litany of fears: ecologic, economic, and egomaniac. Then, the mantra of solace: community, consequences, and carbohydrates. But then, the idea of change creeps in…