Three hours, three minutes and fifty-nine seconds. My goal for the year was to break three hours in the Philadelphia Marathon last weekend, but I crossed the finish line four minutes too slow. Ten seconds faster per mile and I would have done it. I’m disappointed because of how close I came to hitting a [...]

I was happy to discover that my piece last week, Defining Core Values, had a direct impact on two readers. One faced a similarly ill-timed family trip, and used the family first framework to make the decision to go. Another let me know that they had written down their own core values, and were using [...]

There are few people who have impacted my life more over the last few years than Robert Glazer, author of the Friday Forward newsletter and host of the Elevate Podcast. Robert’s writing is always highly relevant to my own life, and my phone is full of notes from his podcast interviews. He’s an inspirational leader [...]

I spent most mornings alone before we got our dog Toby. I get up an hour before Anne, and used to spend the time sitting on the couch, drinking coffee and reading before my morning run. It was my favorite time of the day, because it was all mine. Now, I share the time with [...]

One of the most common problems I run into is taking myself too seriously. Despite my best efforts, the events in my life seem like the most important things in the universe. And they feel that way for good reason – in my universe they are the most important things. Of course, I doubt I’m [...]

Anne and I celebrated our one-year wedding anniversary in August, a milestone that brought with it a natural question: What has changed since we got married? We lived together for three years before the big day, so we avoided the common growing pains of being first-time roommates. Anne already knew I made a mess of [...]

After ten weeks in the corporate world, most summer interns are heading home this Friday. Final presentations are wrapped up and offers are being extended. School is back in session. I was fortunate to have an intern working for me this summer, and even luckier to have landed such a good one. Landon was curious, [...]

A few months ago I came across a question that stuck with me: If someone else took over your life, what’s the first thing they would change? The best reflection questions have obvious answers, and in my case what popped into my head was my newsletter. This month marks the two year anniversary of my [...]

After two months back in the office, it’s clear: I really like the people I work with. That has been true for a while, but the return of socializing at work – aisle chats, happy hours, business trips – reminded me that work could be fun, and that who I spend each day with matters. [...]