When someone comes to you for advice, it’s tempting to tell them what to do. After all, having your opinion sought-after is a great ego stroke. But chances are the person asking already has an idea in mind and is looking for confirmation, or has no idea where to go. […]
Author: Rick
Sixth Sense
I recently started watching Sixth Sense, a Korean variety show where the producers show the hosts three different restaurants, experiences, or people based on a theme (eg. non-traditional foreign workouts, or innovative chicken restaurants). The producers find two existing entities, and create a third one from scratch, going so far […]
Watermelon
Watermelon is the best fruit ever. From the high water content to the texture that gives you just enough crunch yet crumbles in your mouth, to the amazing flavor, watermelon is obviously the best fruit around. Grapefruit is the worst fruit ever. It’s sour, has a peel inside the peel, […]
Challenges or Excuses
We all have our own barriers and disadvantages in life that prevent us from achieving something. They could be largely societal, like being a Black woman start-up founder trying to find funding from traditional VCs, or personal, like growing up poor in a single-parent household.They could be things like trying […]
Birthdays
Birthdays, and age in general, are super interesting, as they’re part fact and part fiction. The fact comes from the notion that you were indeed born on a certain date, and your age corresponds to how many years since that event has occurred. There are also biological generalities that affect […]
Toxic Fandom
If you spend any time on the internet, you will not be surprised to know that there are groups of toxic fans. These fans think that any critique of whatever they are fans of is heresy, and that anything that might be competition is terrible. What these fans don’t realize […]
Be Better
The interesting thing about the quest to be better is that it’s a quest without an end. Better is always in relation to something else, so the context matters a great deal. And if you’re always looking to be better than you are, then even when you achieve the state […]
I Don’t Know Much
I don’t really know much. Honestly, I feel like there is still so much out there and I find myself ever curious to know more, to learn from others, to try new things. Even though I might know a good amount about culture design, education, monsters, art, creativity, leadership, and […]
Compasses
More information is always helpful when trying to figure out where you’re going, and a compass is a great tool to get more information. Compasses work to show you whether or not you’re moving in the correct cardinal direction. Did you want to go east? Great, north is that way, […]
Speaking the Same Language
If you were trying to sell me a jacket based on the fact it’s a designer label, you wouldn’t make a sale. If you were trying to sell me a jacket based on the fact that it’s on sale, you probably wouldn’t make a sale. If you were trying to […]