Category Archives: Lessons Learned

Embracing the uncomfortable

Coming out of my Negotiations class on a rainy April afternoon, I was feeling quite disappointed. We had just completed an exercise on a multi-party negotiation for the development of a fictional new port on the East Coast, and I … Continue reading

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On Paris and Boston

8:37pm, Tuesday April 16, 2019 Around 3pm yesterday, Patriots Day, my wife appeared in my home office crying. The Notre-Dame in Paris was on fire, she said. I launched the BBC live feed and saw it happen in real time. … Continue reading

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Lessons learned from the slopes

In the winter, my family spends almost every weekend skiing. This season we eagerly started in mid-November at Mount Snow, VT. The following weekend we skied at Bretton Woods, NH. All this while we waited for Ragged Mountain, NH to … Continue reading

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Australian Road Trip

In 2009, I spent six months studying abroad in New Zealand. It was without a doubt one of the best times of my life. Everyone I met was welcoming, and the classes I took challenged me to think through things … Continue reading

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It’s a Waterfall, not a Sprint!

Last week, I walked out of the Harvard Vanguard in Fenway as an official graduate of their physical therapy rehabilitation program for Achilles tendonitis. Four months earlier, I had decided that I was going to run the Boston Marathon. I … Continue reading

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The French Paradox

It starts with the baguette. Everywhere you go in France you will see someone walking down the street with a baguette. Or two or three. Women and men, young and old, everyone, every day. Purchased from their neighborhood boulangerie (bakery), … Continue reading

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Survivorship Is Not How I Expected It to Be

I don’t often think about it, but I realized today that this week marks 6 months since I completed the full shebang of cancer treatment here at Dana-Farber. I should have put two and two together when checking in last … Continue reading

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Pouvons-nous tous parler la même langue?

How are your French language skills? I thought mine were fair until a trip to France this month. In the city, mixing English and French was easier with local hospitality workers. In the country, communicating was MUCH more difficult. BTW, … Continue reading

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Advice for an Intern

The past two summers in the PMO, we’ve been fortunate enough to have a summer intern join our team. I think I can speak for everyone when I say that we’ve had fun teasing/being teased by our interns and seeing … Continue reading

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Learning from Writer’s Block

A Journey into the Cold Dark Nothingness of Unwritten Words I’m pretty stressed right now. This blog post is way past due and if I’m being honest here, I’ve got nothing. For a while I thought I had a thought. … Continue reading

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