No, seriously. This isn’t an attack. It’s not a self-help prompt. It’s a question. Do you actually know who you are? And even if you think you do, are you comfortable with it? We get told constantly how important “knowing yourself” is. But what does that even mean? I...
Why Music Owns Memory The power of music. It’s not a new idea. It’s been a universal truth for centuries. But if you’ve lived even a little, you already know this: music doesn’t just fill the silence. It defines the moment. I’m writing this on a window bench at a surf...
Creativity gets defined to death. The Cambridge Dictionary calls it the ability to produce original and unusual ideas. Business books frame it as the power to generate useful solutions. All accurate. All boring. After thirty years in advertising, design, and brand, my...
I’ve been called immature for most of my life. Sometimes it was an accusation. Sometimes it was a compliment. Sometimes it was both, usually in the same sentence. If immaturity was a martial art, I’d be a 5th Dan black belt in Immaturity-do. And yeah, I’ve trained...
This morning I quietly judged a guy for driving a gas guzzling SUV while sipping an iced coffee made from beans grown in a deforested rainforest, out of a single-use plastic cup… that I bought. I walked by, smug in my moral superiority, shaking my head at his...
