Take The Vacation

Take The Vacation

When I started out at The Big Firm, the supervising partner sat me down for the onboarding talk. He said we got three weeks of vacation. Then he leaned in, lowered his voice, and said, “But no one ever takes them.” I remember thinking: That’s messed up. So I...
Your Experience Is Worth More Than Your Information

Your Experience Is Worth More Than Your Information

For a long time, many of us thought our value was in what we knew. That made sense. We worked hard to learn our craft. We studied, practiced, trained, read, wrote, built businesses, served clients, made mistakes, and slowly became good at what we do. Then the internet...
The Information Age Is Dead

The Information Age Is Dead

For a long time, information was the product. If you knew something other people didn’t know, you could package it, sell it, and build a business around it. The internet made that easier than it had ever been. Everywhere you looked, someone was selling a course, a...
Stop Waiting For The Plan

Stop Waiting For The Plan

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.  One reason people stay stuck in careers and jobs that suck their souls is that they think they need the whole...
AI Will Steal Your Time

AI Will Steal Your Time

There’s an old movie about law school called The Paper Chase. And when I came out of law school, that was exactly how the profession felt. If I needed to revise a document, I didn’t just open a file and make a few edits. I handed it to my secretary. She’d sit at an...