Know there is value now to be mined from the slow and difficult work of contemplation

I was recently at a dinner with an HBS alum who found it fascinating that I, unlike most of my peers, studied film as an undergrad at Columbia. “Did you get to make any films during your time there?” he asked. “Actually, Columbia’s film program is much more theory-based, so I spent most of my time learning about the history and cultural significance of film,” I replied. “Like an English major, but instead of books, you’re analyzing movies.” I could see the wheels turning in h

Silence has many disguises. Sometimes it arrives as a pause, a breath before words take shape. Sometimes it is chosen, a deliberate...

In all of my 25 years on this planet (there are very few moments when I’ve wished I were older, but for dramatic effect, this is one of them), I have never randomly run into someone I knew on the street.

Someone joked last week that going home could mean not coming back. No one laughed. At a time when most people are counting down to...

Over spring break, I joined hundreds of RCs on one of HBS’s most time-honored, unofficial traditions: the Colombia trek. It was...