A missed meeting without warning may not feel like a big deal—but it is. When you book time with someone and don’t show up, you don’t just “skip” a meeting. You steal their time. That person may have rearranged their schedule, skipped a deep-focus task, or come prepared with notes to make the most ofContinue reading “Time Theft Is Still Theft–When It’s Not Yours to Spend”
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Don’t Look at the Floater!
In this video, I share advice for life from my ophthalmologist.
Are you an arrogant SOB? I was.
Do you make assumptions about people? I did…until one day that will haunt me forever.My students get frustrated with group work when peers don’t contribute in a timely manner. Instead of communicating with their groupmates, they assume it’s laziness, or they don’t manage their time like they should, don’t take their classes seriously, probably wereContinue reading “Are you an arrogant SOB? I was.”
New beginnings
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Grandparents ask this of young children who know nothing about the world. High schools pressure kids to decide whether they’ll go to college or not without teaching them what college is good for. College demands that kids identify their majors without explaining what all theContinue reading “New beginnings”
College like a Rock Star!
All too often students with great potential struggle with college, drop out, or miss out on the extracurricular professional experiences necessary for being a standout candidate for a job in their field, because they don’t know where to look for resources. This is especially common with students who are the first in their families toContinue reading “College like a Rock Star!”