A man on the sidewalk asked me for lunch money, then asked a second question I had never heard before. I walked away with the better end of the deal.
Tag: humility
I Am Your Understudy
In 2023 I was cast as the understudy for the General in White Christmas. When he joked about getting sick so I could have a run, I told him absolutely not. Twenty years earlier I'd have wanted the spotlight.
When There’s No One to Escalate To
At work, when someone won't take feedback, there's an org chart. In a small group or a friendship, there's no one to escalate to. That changes what it takes to go somewhere together.
We Meet Our Fate Together
My son made a list of older movies to watch with me. Lean on Me put three redemption stories on the screen at once, and none of them happened alone.
Starting in the Middle
I got so excited about a project at work that I started explaining it from the middle. They looked at me like I'd lost my mind, and they weren't wrong.



