One of the most memorable moments after the twins were born came just before a routine feeding in the hospital, when I asked the nurse if I had time to go to the bathroom. “Go, go,” she said. “It’s important that you take care of yourself first.” Anne and I laughed about the experience when [...]

I typically spend the final weeks of December reflecting on the past year and setting goals for the year to come, a process I have written about a few times on this site. Here is an example from 2020 if you’re curious. While it can be difficult to prioritize self-reflection during holiday celebrations and lazy [...]

I was sad, but not surprised, to see the reaction of many people online and in the media to the killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Healthcare, earlier this month, which ranged from crass jokes about “denied care” to outright justification for the murder. Taylor Lorenz, for example, a former Washington Post journalist, [...]

As I mentioned last week, Anne gave birth to a set of twins, our first kids, in early November, and we have had them both home with us for a little over a week, following a stay in the NICU. Leading up to the big day, every parent we spoke to asked a variation of [...]

I have not written much in the past year. My last post, You Get What You Get, was about the year-end rating system at my company, and a few weeks back we kicked off this year’s process. Almost a year gone by without any writing. A lot has changed in that time. I started going [...]

February at my company is when everyone receives their performance rating for the previous year, which not only assesses their performance at work but influences year-end compensation. I imagine most companies operate on a similar schedule. Rating season is a lot like a high school classroom after a big test. Leaders pull their direct reports [...]

On Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens lost the AFC Championship game to the Kansas City Chiefs, 17-10. After going 13-4 in the regular season and securing the top seed in the playoffs, the team with the league’s best defense and MVP quarterback lost to a team that limped its way into the playoffs and had never [...]

In the week since I wrote about the terrorist attacks in Israel, many writers I respect have published similar pieces denouncing Hamas’ actions as evil and morally reprehensible. Peggy Noonan wrote that those who say Israel deserves what happened are “a walking, talking moral void.” Andrew Sullivan wrote that “there is no historical context – [...]

In the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks in Israel this past week, I’ve been sad to see that many in our country cannot denounce the events for what they were: acts of evil. Newspaper articles described Hamas fighters as militants, rather than terrorists. Headlines focused on the geopolitical context of what had happened, rather [...]