I Mistook Anxiety for Personality for More Than 40 Years
For decades, curiosity, preparation, perfectionism, and responsibility looked like personality. Understanding the anxiety amplifying them made me more intentional, not less ambitious.
Career
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The Things I Was Wrong About: Thirty Years of Updating My Mind
The beliefs that helped me become useful, senior, and trusted were often the hardest to outgrow because success had made them feel like identity.
Why I Mentor: The Most Durable Work I Have Ever Built
Software disappears and titles change. The judgment, confidence, and generosity we help other people develop can continue into work we will never see.
The Uncredentialed Expert: Thriving in a World That Demands Diplomas
A 30-year journey of self-directed learning in a credential-obsessed world, exploring how curiosity-driven education creates different but equally valuable expertise.
From Creativity to Innovation - A Life in Technology and Design
My journey from a teenage webmaster and bike mechanic to a creative technologist leading global innovations. This is the story of how creativity, technology, and human-centered design have shaped my career and perspective.