There’s a photo from Japan that still gets me every time I look at it.
We were in Ueno Park during cherry blossom season. Samantha was there. My son was there. My daughter was there. The trees were e...
The Game My Mother Didn’t Come To
A soccer game taught me how easy it is to confuse achievement with being loved, and how hard it can be to stop performing for people who aren’t watching.
There was ...
The $80,000 Bill That Made Me Grow Up
A hospital bill in college taught me that some people become responsible early because no one else takes responsibility for them.
I was in college when I found ...
We were two weeks into a family trip to Japan when my son handed me a moment I didn't know I needed.
We were walking through Ueno Park, cherry blossoms in full bloom, when he turned to me and said...
This isn't a post about a contract. It's about you, the founder who hit the number, signed the deal, or crossed the milestone, and felt nothing when it finally arrived. I know that room because I've...
There's a moment most high achievers never talk about. The moment success stops working.
Mine happened at 3 AM, standing at the bottom of a staircase, looking up at my wife.
My father had died a ...
