These aren’t polished essays or tidy aphorisms. They’re scraps I’ve carried around this month—half-heard thoughts, borrowed lines, sudden recognitions—that refused to be forgotten. Zuihitsu literally means “following the brush,” and while my version is shorter and scrappier than the classical form, the impulse feels the same: to catch what drifts across the mind before it … Continue reading Zuihitsu, 2025-12
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W.A.I.T.: Why Am I Talking?
"In the comments of my newsletter on interviewing and wanting to be a better listener, a reader told me about an acronym people in the coaching world use frequently: WAIT, which stands for “Why Am I Talking?”There’s something about this acronym that is more helpful and hits much harder than my usual “Shut up and listen” mantra.-Austin Kleon, "Why … Continue reading W.A.I.T.: Why Am I Talking?
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