Roommates to the End
I was in high school before I realized Betty Bowman had a name other than Roommate. That was how my mother and her college roommate addressed each other their whole […]
Walking Inside My Story
“You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.”–Brene Brown I’ll never forget the day I stood in the […]
What Am I Doing in Grad School?
I suspect this is a question I will ask myself from time to time over the next several years. What am I doing, with my undergraduate degree over thirty years […]
It’s Nothing Personal. It’s Just Business.
Otto Berman was, by all accounts, a brilliant mathematician. His early work as an accountant catapulted him to unprecedented success when he took a job with an up-and-coming company run […]
Write When the Spirit Moves You
It was a night when sleep eluded me, when the continental divide between my deepest life questions and the trivial worries of the day narrowed into a sliver of fear. So […]
You Can’t Ride Two Bikes
My favorite image of Charlotte is Tryon Street during the 2012 Democratic National Convention at CarolinaFest, the public celebration that was the capstone to Charlotte’s shining moment. I remember looking up […]
What if the Hokey Pokey Really Is What It’s All About?
I’ve performed the hokey pokey in about half a dozen countries, with Mongolian guides in the Gobi desert and indigenous people in the high Andean mountains. While the locals don’t […]
The Sociopath at the Top
Some salacious news hit my hometown a few days ago. Our relatively new and presumably high-performing public school superintendent abruptly resigned. For a skinny minute, he cited the ubiquitous “more […]
What Bali Taught Me About Going to the Dentist
Because it’s related to the topic of my book and my work with Wake Forest University, I’ve been reading a lot about meaningful work lately. And in Bali, I met […]