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  Does googling things right away decrease our brain’s creativity? I have wanted to design a new sigil for my future family. Thoughts about starting this project have been at the forefront of my mind lately. I recently had one of my nights where thoughts raced around my brain all night, and when I was about to wake up the following day, my brain ended up on my family sigil project. What happened next really gave me a pause, and I wanted to give words to my thoughts.   When I thought about getting started with my sigil project, my

    Is there just one way to live life? Is there just one “perfect” solution to every problem/situation? Does everyone have to follow a template? Finish high school, get a college degree, work at the top of your field, find a partner, get married, have a kid(s), and repeat the cycle all over again?   If you ask me, I’d say that there is no “perfect” solution to a situation, not always, at least. When you end up in a situation that calls you to make a decision you have not had a chance to make before, it is natural

          What is the value I bring? I’ve been thinking a lot about this question. What is my value? Anyone can take in information from the various forums available to us, forums such as YouTube, podcasts, lectures, and books, and repeat it verbatim. This process doesn’t add any value to you or any organization you are a part of. Value creation happens when you take in information from various forums, analyze the information, and produce something, anything. You might produce a class assignment in which you take in the information from the lecture, analyze it, and

As cliche as the phrase sounds, I want to take a moment to explain what I mean… As someone working in the energy industry and someone who’s working towards the energy transition, I was listening to one of the panels from Duke University’s energy conference as I was walking on the treadmill in the basement of my girlfriend’s parent’s house. The energy transition is a complex challenge that excites me, and I am looking to pursue a graduate business education to conceive new business models. Because of my academic training thus far, solutions for these interesting challenges, in my mind,