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The Clap Trap: Why Inner Validation Trumps External Applause
Why we chase external approval, how it leaves us largely empty, and how we can break free from the validation game.
The Transformative Power of Mentorship
How one man saved me from a dead-end job and career suicide, and how the guided wisdom of a handful of mentors helped me step out of my comfort zone, embrace my fears by facing them head-on, and propelled me to a national platform
There Is No Straight Line to Success
The road to success is a convoluted, uncertain, and ever-evolving process
To Know What Emotional Intelligence Is, Know What It Is Not
We talk about emotional intelligence all the time. But do we understand what it is all about?
What Makes a Winning Team in the Hospitality Industry
Tips, tricks, and traits from teams that lead the industry
So, You Call Yourself a Writer
Let me see if I can quickly paint an accurate picture of your writing process
Let’s Talk About Our Egos’
A poem about how we have stigmatized the very existence of our egos’
Write, Dear Stranger. Write
A poem about writing as a means of catharsis
What You Can Learn from a Fictitious Jose
You are a mashup of everything that’s happening to you
How I Made a Fool of Myself in My First Correspondence with a Fellow Writer
Maybe don’t go around being a grammar police the first time you say hi, will you?
No, You Don’t Need a Million Dollars to Boost Your Employees’ Emotional Well-Being
But you can do these things instead (and it’ll cost you almost nothing)
4 Life-Changing Lessons I Learnt by Looking to Nature for Inspiration
Ants might be our answer to greatness
This Pandemic Has Taken a Toll on My Motivation to Run
An unpublished note from two years ago shows just how much
I See Something in You
And I genuinely believe what I see in you is potential
3 Little-Known Reasons Why You Should Love Those Who Disagree with You
And how you can learn to accept their authentic dissent and apply it in your personal and professional lives
Stick to Those Who Make You See the World Differently
A little tip to help you curate a vastly perspective-rich life
Tomorrow Can Be a Good Day
A short meditation for a better tomorrow
The Ultimate Collection of Scenario-Based Email Templates
The productivity hack that’ll also help you make a good first, last, or somewhere-in-between impression at work
Insights and Takeaways from LinkedIn 2020 Workplace Learning Report
I read the forty-five-page report, so you don’t have to
3 (Obvious but Unheeded) Predictions for a Post-Coronavirus Business World
#1: There’ll be a significant talent exodus from those who treated employees as an afterthought to those who put them first
I Ran My First 100-Kilometer Foot Race Last December
This is a celebration of those who helped me along the way
Is Your Life a Life of Gratitude?
A runners’ guide to finding gratitude by focusing on the little things