April 6, 2025
Cartoon of a person on a bridge labeled "Midlife Crisis," balancing between "Past" and "Future," humorously depicting the dilemma discussed in WorldPay 6 Trends and @DataCamp insights.

WorldPay 6 Trends, Handling Midlife Crisis & @DataCamp

Ten years ago, digital payments were still considered “alternative. ” Today, they’re the new normal — and by 2030, they’ll account for nearly 80% of global e-commerce. Wallets, account-to-account (A2A) payments, buy now pay later (BNPL), and even crypto are rewriting the rules of how money moves. What started as […]
April 2, 2025
Pixar Story spine

What if you could tell stories like Pixar—and win over anyone, even publishers?

Pixar’s magic lies not just in animation, but in a simple yet powerful storytelling formula: They have used this structure to create a string of hits that have appealed as much to adults as to children. I read and understood this structure as I was pitching my new book to […]
March 28, 2025
Identity - Mid Life crisis

When Work Stops Defining You: How to Stay Relevant and Reclaim Your Identity

Who Are You, Really? Most of us don’t sit around wondering what our identity is. But if someone asked, “Who are you?” what would you say? Chances are, you’d start with your job title, where you’re from, maybe your industry or company. You might add a few personal things—parent, partner, […]
March 22, 2025
Sal Khan

Book Review: Brave New Words by Sal Khan

“The genie is out of the bottle,” and it’s time we embrace AI to ensure education isn’t just accessible to all, but truly transformative for each individual learner. Traditional classroom methods place most students at the starting line together, pacing them uniformly regardless of individual readiness. Which means someone who […]
March 21, 2025
Corporate L&D is obsessed about the wrong things

Corporate L&D: Your competition isn’t another L&D team… It is YouTube

Create a pull for your content Employees aren’t waiting for L&D to assign them a course. They’re learning on their own terms. They’re watching YouTube tutorials on data visualization, Googling how to write a better prompt for ChatGPT, and joining community-driven courses to level up. Corporate Learning & Development must […]