What do people carry into work that you can’t see?
TL;DR: More than you would guess, and most of it never comes up in a meeting. On March 22, 2018, Richard Menneg asked me to bring my heavy backpack on stage at the ATI Super Conference. I thought he meant the bag. He was showing five hundred people what I had carried...
How should you answer a goal that sounds impossible?
TL;DR:Take them to the water After my stroke I told my physical therapist Dave Nitti that I wanted to surf again. He did not tell me it was a lovely goal for someday. He got in the ocean with me, and he was the first person standing there when I stood up on a board. I...
What happens when you email a stranger for help?
TL;DR: Sometimes you get a yes. In August of 2019 I went looking for the highest person I could find at Burton Snowboards, and on the eighth I sent a cold email asking for help with equipment. It turned out I had emailed Jake Burton’s assistant. I picked a...
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