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When I first came to Korea, I worked in a consulting and tutoring job, rather than in teaching, but for the past two and a half years, I’ve been teaching rooms full of elementary students full time. Here are some things I’ve learned about managing people from the experience. Suffice…

And How ‘A Life of Productivity’ Dug Me Out of My Pit of Self-Destructiveness — When I dropped out of U.C. Berkeley in my junior year, a semester of rest was a long time in coming. I had burned out in my junior year of high school at the prestigious and grueling Phillips Exeter Academy. …

Two Suggestions from Real Life — Gone are the days when managers and bosses could tell you what to do. Especially in sectors where job growth is high, employees have a lot of leverage to up and leave if they aren’t happy — and both the employee and the manager know it. …

I used to want to be certain about everything in life. I thought that as long as I had the right answer, everything would be okay. Until my mom told me something revolutionary. As we were arguing within the family, as we sometimes do, she told me: “Being right doesn’t…