How Surviving a Brain Tumor Made Me Rethink My Drive to Achieve From Cornell to my consulting career, I was determined to be the hardest worker—until a severe health crisis intervened
‘Seeing Possibilities Where Others See Barriers’ My childhood in Afghanistan—and my master’s studies at Cornell—have taught me that education is a form of resistance
Professional Reinventions Can Be Hard—But Also Very Rewarding As a career development coach based in Washington, DC, I’m seeing firsthand how crisis can lead to opportunity
How Practicing Yoga Has Helped Me Regain My Flow I was burned out from a career in law when trips to India and Sweden put me on the path to healing
With Science Under Attack, We’re Making Our Voices Heard Through the McClintock Letters, my fellow grad students and I are urging Americans to speak out against cuts in research funding
Why Experimental Art Is More Important Than Ever When we focus on making our work marketable, it’s no longer the creative endeavor that our society so desperately needs
Why Our Attempts to Avoid Emotional Discomfort Often Backfire As a clinical psychologist, I’ve learned that moments of anxiety can be golden opportunities to learn to tolerate distress
I’ve Always Been a Generalist—and on ‘Jeopardy!,’ It Paid Off Why becoming a two-time champion on the legendary quiz show felt like ‘a vindication of a life full of eclectic interests’
How Reclaiming a Part of Myself Made Way for My Dreams As I write in my recent psychology book, women are too often held back by sexist stereotypes demanding they refrain from being bold
How Naval ROTC Shaped My Years on the Hill, and Beyond It wasn’t easy being in uniform during the Vietnam War era, but military service made me a better student—and a better man