The Joy and Benefit of Learning Names Quickly

One day, at the first bike shop I worked at, a customer learned my name and used it in a friendly manner. This took me from being a friendly sales person to wanting to be his friend and help him get whatever he wanted — incredible! I have always been bad with names,...

The Power of the High Five

I learned to High Five a few years back.  I always knew what the high five (or down low, too slow) was, but it wasn’t until I watched my best friend be the life of every party that I found out how important it was.  I wanted to copy whatever he was doing that...

How To Talk Your Way Into Grad School

Here is my story about getting into grad school — specifically a Ph.D. Program in extreme microbiology at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT . After deciding to go back to graduate school for my Ph.D. I started my search for the perfect school. I have always...