Practice. Feedback. Repeat.
When I was four, I wanted to be a ballet dancer. My mother enrolled me in dance classes and for the next 13 years I went to ballet three times a week—spending an hour or two each lesson practicing exercises…
Bubble wrap your evaluation
When you buy something fragile, shop assistants around the world will often ask if you want it wrapped in protective packaging. Depending on where you are this might be newspaper, tissue paper, or—the much beloved bubble wrap. Alas, the same…
Looking for trouble—on purpose
You’ve probably heard the fable about the frog in the pot of water: Put a frog in boiling water and he jumps right on out. Put your frog in some nicely temperate water then turn up the heat and he’ll…
