Story of my Friday life:
8am: eat these ripped jeans and inappropriate graphic tee, Corporate America!
9.45: reminder of clutch meeting with senior clients “Fuuuuuuuuu-
Between us and our downstairs neighbors we’ve got a toddler, a newborn and four adults - one working swing shift, one working nights, two on parental leave. That means that at all times someone is trying to sleep and someone is using a blender.
Guy at airport overhears my phone convo. After I hang up he says: I wish you were my manager. I call colleague back all glow-y. Her response: no he doesn’t.
At unexpected times it hits me that raising two children is the most important thing I’m going to do with my life. I love my job and take it seriously. I care deeply for my friends and family. But I will never have a bigger responsibility than these two lives.
Me in the Netherlands: god, why is everyone so mediocre?
Me everywhere else: we literally ruled the world. I traded tulip bulbs before the words bit and coin were ever put together. Call me next time your country floods, amateurs.
Me in Greece: no sidewalks. People are rude. Drivers are terrible. So much corruption. Everything sucks.
Me everywhere else: my people invented democracy. They fought back the Persians. Modern Greeks fought back the Nazis and forced them to face the Russian winter.
After 15 years at a (very good) agency my bar for client service is impossible. If you’re trying to sell me something or, god forbid, advise me, I apologize in advance.
When I was ten I hosted a sketch comedy show in my house together with two friends. Everyone in my class showed up. No one laughed. I don’t remember being bothered by that at all. What happened to that girl?
And that’s a beautiful and scary feeling that I want to keep sight of through the mountains of laundry and hundreds of mini frustrations that occur every day.
Widespread adoption of Amazon's PRFAQ approach to product development has led to interesting and at times hilarious interpretations of what a press release looks like.
This conversation captures so much of what makes global trade fascinating slash messed up. I was really impressed with how much
@patrick_oshag
"gets" Flexport and the opp we have in front of us.
My conversation with
@typesfast
, one of my all time favorites.
We discuss:
- solving problems from the outside
- shipping containers and standardization
- maritime law (🤯)
- 4 features of a great financing business
- so much more
You must listen!