About Your Rings Per Minute

About Your Rings Per Minute

We go to the grocery store every Saturday morning at 7:00. Over the years, we’ve gotten to know the people who work there. Rob, the produce manager. Henry at the service desk. Debbie in dairy. Last week, we met Danny, the Coca-Cola vendor who comes in to restock the...
The Revolution You Can Lead

The Revolution You Can Lead

We live in a time that often feels dominated by loud voices and contentious debates, where the urgent frequently drowns out the important. Yet, amidst this noise, a simple truth whispers quietly, waiting to be heard: kindness is the revolution we need. You don’t need...
Turn Off The Spigot

Turn Off The Spigot

There’s too much coming at us. Emails. Text messages. Notifications. Alerts. News updates. Social media across more channels than any sane person could possibly track. Then there are the breaking news banners, the talking heads, the outrage machine, and the endless...
AI Won’t Save You From The Treadmill

AI Won’t Save You From The Treadmill

AI has arrived with the same old promise. More efficiency. More productivity. More speed. More time. We’ve heard this before. Email was going to save us time. Smartphones were going to save us time. Zoom was going to save us time. The cloud was going to save us time....
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...