I made more new friends in a month in college than in a year after graduating. This experience isn’t unique and after moving to a new city I’m trying to learn how to better make friends. A rough formula is: % chance of new friend = Density * Probability * Read more…
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” My wife and I recently had our first child and he’s a handful. We’ve only gotten through early parenthood because of family help, particularly my mother-in-law who stayed for 2.5 weeks after our son’s Read more…
Kindness costs nothing but means everything All of our lives are better when we fill it with kindness. After noodling, my two rules I’ve come up with are: Rule #1 – Always be kind and do so immediately Peter Kauffman gave one of my favorite ever speeches in The Multidisciplinary Read more…
Dear baby, Your Mom and I are in the final month waiting for you and we’re so excited for you to join the family. Here’s a few pieces of advice for your future self (and your Dad) as we embark on this journey: 1) Make mistakes, take risks, put yourself Read more…
Leaders at work make or break an experience. Great leaders can inspire people to do incredible things, while poor leaders can lead to people counting seconds until work is done or even causing people to give up and quit. While we’ve all had a few leaders who sucked, here’s a Read more…
Senior year of high school, I didn’t want to apply to Notre Dame. My older brother (attending his sophomore year) convinced me to apply, and 10 years later I’m a proud alumnus. In honor of college football season kicking off, I wanted to walk through a few reasons why I Read more…
Until college, I was deathly afraid to say “I love you” to anyone other than my Mom. These three words mean so much, yet we often don’t share our warm feelings with those around us. In my case, my hesitance was a fear of being called a loser, a girl, Read more…