Every interaction gives you two sources of information: the person in front of you and your own reaction to them. Understanding people requires learning to read both.

Most advice about working with difficult colleagues offers a list of tactics: set boundaries, listen actively, address the behavior,...

Naval Ravikant said the quiet part out loud. The research says he's right — and that walking away doesn't fix it.

A founder tells you they tried therapy. Sat with it for the better part of a year. And the honest summary, delivered with the same flat precision they'd bring to a failed product li...

Field Notes · by Kristen Tolbert

People study entrepreneurs like they're zoo animals. Something to be observed, analyzed, maybe even envied. A curiosity. A puzzle to solve. What makes someone choose this life?

It's true, we're wired differently. Our drivers, our non-negotiables, our definitions of...