I hate to fail. Hate it. I know there is a lesson in a lesson and a lesson in that lesson and so on, but come on. Failing is indeed a part of life, and it certainly balances out ou[...]

your tornado may cause you fear my tornado is cause for dreaming more my tornado is not your tornado is not your tornado   -from Tornado, a poem by Gene Pfeiffer   The “#[...]

There are moments when you mess up in your career, and you realize it right away.  You know what I mean – you accidentally hit “reply all” on a snarky response (not good), you say [...]

We are all a bit hesitant to talk publicly about our failures. It is hard. It dredges up old memories that might not be so pleasant. In a world that celebrates achievement and succ[...]

The failures that haunt me are the ones that no one knows about. They’re the times I failed to ask for help, to speak up, or to take a risk. I call this failing by omission. Recogn[...]

As many people have pointed out in the #SAFailsForward initiative, we need to reframe our concept of failure. It’s OK to fail. Truly. It’s through failing that we learn[...]

When I entered into my undergraduate career in 2005 I was told that a degree in education would never fail me as teaching was not a dying field. Teachers would always be needed bec[...]

Those that know me well, can attest to a few things.  One of the most obvious is that I am whole heartedly a science fiction geek.  If the TARDIS cookie jar and Battlestar Galactic[...]

I am incredibly passionate about working in the cross-section of student affairs and social entrepreneurship. Over the course of my three years at UMass Boston (I was a transfer st[...]

Just a few months ago, this happened to me. Looking back it seems so trivial and silly, but at the time it wasn’t. The sweating, the not being able to sleep, the mental rolle[...]