Exploring the business of being human
You Are More Than Your Resume
You've built the career. Led the team. Made the decisions. Collected the titles. Somewhere along the way, we became very good at measuring what people do. But somewhere between achievement and ambition, it's surprisingly easy to lose sight of the human being doing all the doing. Human Being, Inc. explores the business of being human. And the relationship between who we are, what we do, and the things that don't always appear on the balance sheet: purpose, identity, energy, relationships, curiosity, resilience, time, and what success actually means when you're the one living it. Because eventually, every one of us faces the same question: Are you managing a successful life or actually living one? Welcome to Human Being, Inc. The most important company you'll ever run.
Retiring “Busy”: A Gen X Case for Freedom Always
Somebody asks how you've been. You don't even think about the answer anymore. It just comes out: "Busy. So busy." That was psychologist Dr. Andy Garrett's confession in the essay this piece is built on, and it's a Gen X reflex
A Longer Life is Not the Point
We are getting remarkably good at adding years to life, but perhaps the moreinteresting challenge is deciding what those years are for. I recently read an interesting piece by futurist Carl Rohde titled Longevity as ContinuousLifestyle Optimization. His premise is that