Month: August 2025

“Yes, I can do that!” is a trap. Early in your career, raising your hand to take on more is rewarded. It’s how you get faster growth and more scope, delivering on the gnarly projects that nobody else wants. But that can-do attitude becomes a trap as you grow more senior. Your time becomes more…

Working harder is not the answer. I was in my third year at Google, trying to prove myself by earning a promotion by working late into the night and on the weekends. But despite how much time I spent at work staying on top of my email and going to meetings and preparing slides, I…

Managing yourself is an essential component of effective leadership. People often think that leadership is about getting people to report to you so you can manage their work. But they forget to manage their most important employee: themself. Managers will spend time in 1:1s each week to walk through the top priorities of each of…

I’ve been thinking a lot about Anu A.’s post Make Something Heavy (link in comments), where she wrote: “Creation isn’t just about output. It’s a process of becoming. The best work shapes the maker as much as the audience. A founder builds a startup to prove they can. A writer wrestles an idea into clarity….