Writing from Inside the Pause

So we move through our days reacting to what shows up: the pressure of the moment, the needs of someone else, the mood of a room, the story we tell ourselves after something goes well, or doesn’t.

I looked closely at my choices, habits, and how I acted when things got tough. I kept thinking something was wrong with me. One night, I sat alone in my dim apartment, surrounded by self-help books I hadn't opened yet. The quiet of the room felt overwhelming, and I couldn't stop thinking that everyone else had life figured out except me. I believed that if I could just be more disciplined, motivated, or organized, then things would finally fall into place.

The idea of soft skills being secondary to technical ones isn’t just a flawed assumption — it’s also incredibly damaging. That’s why we need to let go of the term ‘soft skills’ and replace it with something more useful.

As you look around, you see folks tethered to their screens, creating the illusion of an expanded world full of 'connection' when all they are connected to is the small screen in front of them. Engineers who understand human nervous systems create algorithms that silently work in the background to keep your dopamine hits flowing and create addictions and disconnect. There is an app for everything, and we are being corralled into using them for even basic daily tasks. First,

Imagine waking up one day to find your life's headline splashed across the front page of a newspaper.

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