At the end of 2018, I decided there was a large “skill-gap” that I wanted to bridge. Some skills I wanted to improve were more technical:
Other skills were softer, but equally important to me:
I didn’t see a way to work on these skills without making certain sacrifices. So I made a decision: I’d give up blogging for a year.1
My every career opportunity came because of my writing habit. I wrote my way into my first Hollywood internship, covering entire book manuscripts in…
I debated whether to write a “year end review.” Typically, the tone of something like this is more self-congratulatory than I’m comfortable with. But…
This article is part of a series, where I offer individual and specific pieces of advice to people about moving to LA and getting…
This article is Part 1 in a three-part series on building a sustainable life. In 2002, late on Christmas night, the numbers to the…
Before 2012, the term “growth hacking” wasn’t a thing. According to the mythology surrounding Facebook,[note]https://www.recode.net/2016/3/21/11587128/silicon-valleys-homogeneous-rich-douchebags-wont-win-forever-says[/note] Chamath Palihapitiya coined the idea of the first growth…
When my family goes out to dinner, we’re the worst kind of customer. You don’t want us to have a bad experience. Here’s why:
I used to work at a horror production company called After Dark Films. We churned out memorable films like Asylum (“A mess, from the…
Summary – Doordash: You need to call 650-681-9470. Dial 1 (for restaurants) then 3 (for removing your account). Tell the customer service rep you’d…