My journey into the world of the NBA began in Mountain View, where I shared a room with a passionate NBA fan. Prior to that, I was solely a college ball enthusiast. However, his enthusiasm was infectious, and over the years, I found myself becoming more and more engrossed in the game. This year, I’ve taken my fandom to a new level, tuning in to almost every NBA postseason game. ...
I think I have ADHD. My brain has always been scattered. I always take on more than I can finish, and I’m usually unsure about the next step. So, I picked up a book called How to ADHD and have been reading it. I initially bought a hardcover copy but switched to the Kindle version because it is easier to read while traveling (then I read it on my iPad instead of my Kindle). ...
Yesterday, I showed up to teach my Acroyoga class at the YMCA and witnessed a verbal altercation between a parent and a coach. The interaction upset me enough to write this post. I’ve written about this here and a somewhat relative post on comp behavior. The hardest part of coaching is almost always dealing with the parents (though for me, it is sometimes also at odds with my administrators over what a cheer team should be). ...
There is this constant struggle within me. I want to write to get better at writing. I want to write to share knowledge and experience that I have learned, but as I learn and grow, I’m worried that I will inevitably write pure crap. Crap that is useless and not worth reading and is instead clogging up the interwebs and adding more noise than signal. I have a problem that as I read through the internet these days, it often needs to be clarified who is an expert and who is pretending to be one. The question is: who do you trust? ...
I posted last week about the values at Gluino. After further talking them over with some friends, we decided to learn as a group and change one of our values (yes, already). The value we are changing is Transparency. We are shifting it to Trust. This post explains why. Transparency is complicated in the business world. As a company grows, it is hard to be transparent about everything. There are also problems that one group needs to worry about while another may not. ...