Being at Stanford for a week surrounded by brilliant people doing impressive work, it’s easy to feel like you’ve learned a lot. As I came home, I was scared that growth mindset would diminish. I …
Tiny ways to start
As I work with students pursuing ideas, the hardest part for them is finding a tiny way to start. What sets apart those who start projects and those who do not, are the choice of what it means to …
To UIF
To the most diverse, inspiring and energized team I’ve been a part of. 32 people working together to coordinate four days of programming for 400+ students. Designers, entrepreneurs, engineers, …
The path to improvement
It doesn’t matter where you start, it’s how fast you improve. If you can continue creating work, sharing it in public and iterating, you will get better faster than someone creating in isolation. The …
Minimum viable life changing
You could create a semester long course for 1 hour every day with 20 people and not a single one of them would leave changed. Or you could have an hour conversation with one person and it would …
Breaking the trust barrier
Change requires trust. But trying something new is never perfect. It’s often messy and uncertain. When someone trusts you to try something new, there’s a good chance the trust will break. If only for …