Awkwardness Out Loud
Embarrassment gets worse when you have to feel it and hide it at the same time. Before speaking, a person monitors their voice, their hands, their breathing, and whether anyone…
A Dream With Bookkeeping
A dream is useful as a direction. A plan begins where a price appears. To turn a wish into a project, you need to find out: what specific result is…
Raise your hand
Many opportunities are not handed out automatically to the most deserving person. They go to whoever said they were ready. You can ask for a harder task, a promotion, a…
Not a Formula for a Person
The title “Love: Conditions Apply” should be read literally: formulas about relationships work only under a particular arrangement of choice, information and dependence. The book’s aim is more modest than…
A profession as a set of risks
The culture of vocation suggests finding the one job a person was meant for by nature. Choosing a profession in real life looks more like choosing a package of advantages,…
The Limits of Care
When you save a drowning man, make sure he doesn’t drown you too. — Folk wisdom Over the past few decades the word “boundaries” has moved off political maps and…