Week 4 of my journey through Critical Perspectives in Leadership The biggest takeaway I had from this module was realizing that leadership is not as objective as we often assume it is. Before this course, I tended to think of leadership theories as practical tools…
A short history of 1999, the year everyone became a genius In 1999, Barbra Streisand explained her investment strategy to Fortune magazine. She was a day trader. She told the interviewer she couldn’t stand seeing red in her profit column, and since she’s a Taurus,…
Four lessons from The Intelligent Investor that just played out in real time I’m working through The Intelligent Investor, Benjamin Graham’s classic with Jason Zweig’s modern commentary layered through it. This week’s reading covered what aggressive investors should never do, and one line I couldn’t…
Reflections from Critical Perspectives in Leadership, Module 3 The question of whether leaders are born or made turned out to be the starting point of Module 3, not the destination. The real work was questioning the assumptions underneath leadership theories themselves. Professor Kevin drove one…
What a name-swap experiment, some magazine covers, and a work experience taught me about the likability trap This is week two of my series documenting what I’m learning in my organizational leadership graduate program, and how it keeps colliding with my actual life as a…
I check this watchlist every day. Not to trade, I rarely touch anything. I check it the way you glance at a city skyline: to see what’s being built. One of the biggest lessons from two decades in the market is that you should know…
And on why radical candor gets all the attention. Radical receptivity is the other half nobody talks about. Tell me the painful stuff. Hit me straight in the gut. I ask these questions constantly. Not because I enjoy discomfort (or maybe I do), but because…
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Critical Perspectives in Leadership This course isn’t like most leadership courses. Instead of handing you models and frameworks to apply, it asks you to step back and interrogate where our ideas about leadership even come from: the philosophies, the assumptions, and the power structures underneath…
I’m Not an Expert at Anything, And Maybe…That’s Okay We were having a dinner in Europe when he said something I couldn’t shake. He wasn’t aiming for the top one percent of anything. His target was the top two to three percent, in multiple things….
Thoughts That Came Up Horse Riding Pongo I rode a horse named Pongo the other day. I’ve always loved horses since childhood. They’re one of my favorite animals. And I just happen to love Dalmations, so obviously when I saw this horse, I’m like look…
Week 1 of my leadership master’s degree, and the research finding that called me out personally. Let me open with three questions. Sit with them before you answer. I just finished the first week of my master’s in organizational leadership; this course is called Women…
I have a habit I don’t talk about much. Whenever I’m somewhere, my own city, a country halfway across the world, doesn’t matter, I look up philosophy events. Discussion groups, roundtables, etc. Rooms full of strangers willing to sit down and argue about questions that…
Are You Free Or Enslaved? If you want nothing, you have everything. You’re in control, and no one has leverage over you. Not businesses, advertisements, societal “norms,” people, or desires. Real-Life Examples How often do we witness people buy the new car, only to watch…
From 10+ Years of Teaching I taught piano for over ten years. And I still play frequently —predominantly by ear, freestyle, improvising for the joy of it. So here’s some easy tips about getting started if you want to learn piano and determining the right…