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    The Secret Is Out
    • 3 min

    The Secret Is Out

    “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” - Norman Cousins For a long time I...
    A Cure For Restlessness
    • 3 min

    A Cure For Restlessness

    “Just living the dream” he said as we walked out of class in college more than 12 years ago. I had asked him to tell me about his...
    Coming Home (Part 2 of 2): Discovering Half Of My Identity
    • 11 min

    Coming Home (Part 2 of 2): Discovering Half Of My Identity

    ACTING FILIPINO I could count Filipino money (pesos) just by looking at the color of the bill, and I felt proud. My moment of...
    Coming Home (Part 1 of 2): Discovering Half Of My Identity
    • 5 min

    Coming Home (Part 1 of 2): Discovering Half Of My Identity

    We were the only brown kids in the photo. Like the rhyme from Sesame Street, “one of these things is not like the others,” my sister and...
    Simplicity and the Seduction of Surf
    • 5 min

    Simplicity and the Seduction of Surf

    “Come onnnnn” he taunted, looking out at the horizon. “I’m getting cold” another joked, mockingly rubbing his arms over his wet suit. As...
    Austin: A Texas Star
    • 3 min

    Austin: A Texas Star

    “Austin is a liberal bastion in the middle of Texas” she said while sitting cross-legged on a leather ottoman in the lobby of the Hotel...
    The Ability to Go
    • 2 min

    The Ability to Go

    Although I wrote this four years ago, I’m about to board a plane to meet the same friend referenced in this story, so with a sense of...
    A Choice of City
    • 3 min

    A Choice of City

    Sure I could say New York is big, and crowded, and busy, and expensive. I could talk about riding the subway, and how if you’re not quick...
    Learning More Than I Would Teach: A Volunteer Trip to Ghana
    • 24 min

    Learning More Than I Would Teach: A Volunteer Trip to Ghana

    "Throughout our conversation he said things like 'you need your rest to prepare for your program' and 'it will be very different where we...
    Warning: Entrepreneurship Can Affect Your Friendships
    • 2 min

    Warning: Entrepreneurship Can Affect Your Friendships

    My Twitter account had become a source of anxiety for me, and the longer I stayed away the more my online inactivity haunted me. "I...
    Talking with Strangers: Monroe
    • 4 min

    Talking with Strangers: Monroe

    When did Uber turn into the new elevator ride? Awkwardly sitting in silence, awaiting your destination. And even more so with Uber Pool,...
    The Clarity of Survival
    • 4 min

    The Clarity of Survival

    In 2008 a friend and I were in Belize when we saw a couple kayaks by the roadside. We found the guy renting them and after...
    How to Be More Innovative In Your Daily Life
    • 2 min

    How to Be More Innovative In Your Daily Life

    Dan Frysinger helps companies and organizations discover new ways to be innovative. In our conversation, Dan shares easy ways that anyone...
    A Day In The Life of an Entrepreneur: A Conversation with Nick Brown & Julie Schumacher
    • 4 min

    A Day In The Life of an Entrepreneur: A Conversation with Nick Brown & Julie Schumacher

    Two self-made creative entrepreneurs open up about financial struggles, what keeps them up at night, and how they revel in the freedom of...
    Chicago Women in STEM: A Conversation With Yesenia Sotelo & Beth Santos
    • 3 min

    Chicago Women in STEM: A Conversation With Yesenia Sotelo & Beth Santos

    This is the second post in our ‘Chicago Women in STEM’ series. Yesenia Sotelo and Beth Santos are two self-taught developers and...
    This Chicago App Aims to Turn Philanthropy Into a Social Norm
    • 6 min

    This Chicago App Aims to Turn Philanthropy Into a Social Norm

    After a life-changing trip to Haiti, Jacques Achille became “obsessively curious” with the idea of how to make all of humanity feel like...
    Chicago Women in STEM: A Conversation With Research Scientist Angie Little
    • 6 min

    Chicago Women in STEM: A Conversation With Research Scientist Angie Little

    This is the first post in our new ‘Chicago Women in STEM’ series It was the “cool projects” in high school physics class that allowed...