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A journalist was telling the story of an assignment early in his career where a prominent local athlete was going through a health scare. What stood out to me, rather than the reasons for covering the story, was the way he went about accessing the subject.

Mar 9

There are only so many hours in a day and we spend most of them sleeping, working, or trying not to fall asleep at work. Though some of us have autonomy in our professional lives, true free time is really relegated to nights and weekends. Unfortunately that’s also the time when…

Mar 2

Seeing and believing yourself through someone else's eyes

Mar 23

It’s hard to make friends. The last time it was truly easy, a fellow four-year-old walked up to me, said, “Hi, I Brian,” and we’ve been friends ever since.

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