I believe the personal essay is underrated for both writer and reader. It affords the writer great freedom: to speak personally yet invoke others' ideas, to be rational and/or emotional, to be confident or admit doubt.

A half-hour before bedtime, I remind myself that I now deserve to prepare myself for a good night's sleep. You can't focus on your work if you're sleep-deprived even if you have a fascinating job.

The lack of crispness comes significantly from a societal change in what's valued: a replacement of bold individual initiative with collaboration, consensus, teamwork etc. All that team-involved decision-making often leads to tepid solutions and a slow-moving organization.

Education isn't a magic pill. There is no magic pill. But the closest we have is practical expertise and relentless drive.

Answering ads rarely works for career changers because you have no experience in the job for which you're applying.

Sometimes, low-level jobs are challenging even to someone with CEO potential.

Only someone who already knows and likes you is likely to give you a good job with modest relevant experience.