Twenty years ago I worked in a cigar-smoke office and escaped to a fountain in a downtown lobby on my lunch break. Today my office is two blocks from it.
The Fountain Two Blocks Over
Tag: career
Getting My Feet Under Me
I'm in a new season at work and don't have my feet under me yet. I've been here before, at a data job in DFW where enthusiasm without understanding frustrated everybody, including me.
Servant Leadership Only Works If You Know Why
Servant leadership is a buzzword at work and at church. It means the same thing in both places, but only if you know why you're doing it.
The Gobstopper Test
The 1971 Willy Wonka was already a reality competition, and every kid who lost, lost on character. Netflix is running the same test on adults. So is every office.
The Step in Front of You
Brushed off at nineteen, stuck in a smoke-filled office, and a cancer diagnosis that came back. What got me through all three was the same thing: the step in front of me.
