The Hermit and the Bear, a shorter fiction parable Once upon a time, there lived an old hermit in the wilderness of a deep forest who was tormented every night by a surly, burly old grizzly bear. Every evening, the bear would make her rounds to the man’s small cabin on a sunny clearing fromContinue reading “The Hermit and the Bear”
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the open lightness of being
July 2024 – The open lightness of being, a shifting force of personality Here we go again with the super positions of my own destiny. After taking a few months off to find peace in writing, creativity, fitness, free association living, and the open lightness of being; I’ve decided to dedicate myself wholly into careerContinue reading “the open lightness of being”
Prelude to the Silverwater Tavern
Tales from the Silverwater Tavern, [companion playlist] “Silverwater would welcome you, but you’ve been here all along” The Mojave desert sun was getting low and cool above this dusty, relic town of Silverwater. A radio broadcast from a distant rusted tower, on top of some rundown mechanics garage, bounces around the southern canyons called the Hollowlands,Continue reading “Prelude to the Silverwater Tavern”
Why leadership, reflections on a vocation
Why leadership? A business and leadership blog. I value leadership capabilities in myself, my peers and mentors as a critical and often underappreciated indicator for success. Whenever I have faced existential crisis, or coached it in others, feeling a bit washed over in the significance of our careers – I can point to people managementContinue reading “Why leadership, reflections on a vocation”
agitating for career change, 2021
2021 Aug – Agitating towards career change, a call to action for anyone feeling a bit stuck It’s been over a year now that I left my 10 year Google career, delving into the chaos of the worst job market in over 100 years. I feel fortunate for my time as a senior leader developingContinue reading “agitating for career change, 2021”
Visions of Icarus
visions of Icarus, reflections on risk over stagnancy Something about that biggest of axial tilts and the longest of summer days that reminds you there’s a fleeting joy of flying close to the sun. Perhaps Icarus had the right idea, though his tale is so often told in foreboding shame. How dare you want toContinue reading “Visions of Icarus”
Don’t be an asshole to strangers
Don’t be an asshole to strangers, an essay by Paul Carreo This has been stewing for a while. It’s a stew of anger, contempt, and entitlement packed into a dutch oven, swirling together in its own rich sauce. It’s a stew approaching a point beyond infused blended flavor, into something inedible, something rank. It’s aContinue reading “Don’t be an asshole to strangers”
Cranking up the dread settings, IRL
Feb 2023 – Cranking Up the Dread Settings, IRL There is something magical that happens when I find myself truly immersed in a great open world video game. Particularly in fantasy games like The Witcher or Assassin’s Creed, where the details are so stunningly captivating and the story adventures so seducing. It is true escapism.Continue reading “Cranking up the dread settings, IRL”
A frightful fiend doth tread
A frightful fiend doth tread, an African tale I recall staring lost across the grassland abyss of the Serengeti. A seemingly infinite savannah stretching to curved horizons in all directions, like standing in the middle of a small moon, both deceived by the promise of endlessness and trapped by her curvature. I remember at thisContinue reading ” A frightful fiend doth tread”
“Don’t trespass on your future”
Oct 2022, “Don’t trespass on your future,” the de Castro’s You pause to reread. Then again. You begin to type a reply, then delete it, not wanting to seem dense, or like you’re just feigning comprehension. It’s a puzzling, if not esoteric, text from your boss. We’re entering turbulent times as a company, and you’veContinue reading ““Don’t trespass on your future”“
Paul Carreo 