7PS: Your moonshot 🌕

7PS: Your moonshot 🌕

Read time: 1 minute, 353 words. There’s a story often told at NASA. A visitor once asked a janitor what he was doing. He didn’t say cleaning floors.​He said,​”I’m helping put a man on the moon.” You’re not just doing...
7PS: That tiny fix 🤏🏽

7PS: That tiny fix 🤏🏽

Read time: 1 minute, 352 words. Everyone was trying to fly by building bigger engines and bigger wings.​The Wright brothers focused on one small problem: steering. They added a cable and pulley system to warp the wings.​That tiny fix made the first flight possible in...
7PS: Same talent. Better table.🪑

7PS: Same talent. Better table.🪑

Read time: 1 minute, 399 words. When I worked in banking, the calls came.​A recruiter. A competitor. A reminder of my market worth.​Even when I wasn’t looking, the offers told me something.​My value didn’t change. Just the table I was sitting...
7PS: The one, the only 1️⃣

7PS: The one, the only 1️⃣

Read time: 1 minute, 388 words. I receive a few interview requests every week. Most are podcasts you’ve never heard of.​Some larger periodicals come knocking.​One national outlet recently wanted my opinion on office cubicles (don’t ask).​I say no because...
7PS: Headphones on. Heart open. 🎧

7PS: Headphones on. Heart open. 🎧

Read time: 1 minute, 465 words. My grandfather was a hospitality official in India. He welcomed & took care of dignitaries. ​ One of these dignitaries was His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Years later, the Dalai Lama became an Emory professor in Atlanta. ​ My parents...
7PS: Your best investment is 🫵🏼

7PS: Your best investment is 🫵🏼

Read time: 1 minute, 389 words. People with day jobs tell me they don’t have time to start something new.​I worked at J.P. Morgan.​But I wanted to do something new. ​So I carved out space wherever I could.​Lunch breaks at the New York Public Library.​I spent 4...
7PS: Take the detour 🛣️

7PS: Take the detour 🛣️

Read time: 1 minute, 311 words. What if your dream job wasn’t your first one but your second?​That’s how I found mine while juggling four detours careers.​Banker​Record producer/artist ​Author​Navy officer​Each role sharpened the others and made me more creative and...
7PS: Tip the mailman 📬

7PS: Tip the mailman 📬

Read time: 1 minute, 375 words. All summer, I’ve been doing this one little thing. ​ I swim over to the lifeguard stand, smile, and say: ​ “Thanks for guarding my life.” It always gets a laugh. ​ But more than that, it makes someone feel seen. Same...