Truly confident people are fluid with status.

They can accept criticism. They can be teased and laugh at themselves. They can even be cringe and not care. But they also avoid false modesty and lean into moments where the attention is on them, stepping into the spotlight rather than shying away from it.

On the surface, this is a comment on modern white collar labor, and a satire of the sanitized, media-trained iteration of ourselves reserved for professional contexts. But its premise serves as a useful vehicle for not only exploring the ways in which we contort ourselves for different contexts, but for unpacking what exactly it is that makes us... See more

Without notes, I can have an actual conversation with the room - even though I’m the only one talking. The trade-off is fear. I’ll take the fear.

And when you’re present, actually in the room with people: it changes how you relate to them. You can’t maintain the expert-on-high posture when you’re that exposed. You’re not delivering wisdom from

... See more