Expertise can be its own worst enemy.
Tag: communication
Check Your Lenses
Different tools enable different types of seeing and thinking.
When You Catch Yourself Looking Down on Others, Look Up
It’s only human to look down on others. But it’s hard to move onward or upward when you’re looking downward.
From the Inside Out and the Outside In
We humans understand each other asymmetrically. But that's a good enough place to start.
What Changed Your Mind?
The most important mind-changers aren't nuggets you'll note in a TED talk or even lessons you'll learn from a book. They're experiences that change who you are.
Two Cheers for the Old Home Phone
Telephones used to be attached to walls and transmit only voices. In some ways, that was better.
Get to Know Your Sources
In a world where information is everywhere, it's increasingly important to know who's feeding you what, why, and how.
What I Learned from the Teen Psychologist
In 1987, my parents sent me to a teen psychologist. Here's how that encounter went.
Killer/Queen
The important lesson I learned from
my daughter's experimentation with eye makeup.
Why I Wink
One of my daughters recently asked why I "always" wink at her. The answer has to do with silent connections formed in my distant past.
