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New Year's Day is too easy to pretend to be good

January 2, 2025

Ahh, the start of the New Year—so full of hope, promise, and a million downloads of the trendiest habit-tracking app. Funny, then, that my own logged results for January 1st would first appear as either a slip up or a total, abject failure at goal-setting. But is it?

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In Growth Tags new years, goals, habits, personal growth
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Why I applied for NZ Citizenship before the US Election (Part 1)

October 31, 2024

Don’t complain; do somethign about it. And I did. It is the 31st of October 2024, fitting—perhaps—that it is Halloween Day and I am one click away from submitting my application for NZ [Dual] Citizenship.

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In Growth, About Me Tags citizenship, new zealand, usa, aotearoa
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Learn to Fly or: How I Learned to Stop Fearing Failure and Love the Process

November 12, 2021

What systems, processes, or cultures exist today that might be keeping the next great idea from taking off? Things change. Opportunities open.

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In Growth Tags inspire, inspiration, learn to fly, foo fighters, steve krug, failure, experiment

Getting Hired: a job interview guide

June 1, 2021

All that I've learned to date in the way of job interviews, distilled down into an extensive guide for others embarking on the hunt.

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In Growth Tags job interview, interviews, interview, interviewing, interview questions

You don't need a fancy title to change the world

May 27, 2020

You don't need a fancy job title to start noticing and improving the everyday experiences wherever you work. Don't let a label define your limits.

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In Research & Design, Growth Tags UX, Don Norman, NNGroup, Service Design

Informal Lessons on the Art of Writing

July 18, 2018

There's freedom to be found in writing for yourself without formal guidelines, outlines, or plans. Every journey has a story to bring back and share.

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In Growth, About Me Tags writing

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