Jamie Beckland

My worst summer job ever – hot, sweaty, dirty, and many scars to show for itNPR is running a series on influential summer jobs. This is the essay I submitted: For two summers, I worked in Hell on earth – the dirtiest, hottest, most dangerous place I have ever visited. I worked in a foundry. [...]

How to become an expert in anything in four stepsBecoming an expert – a real expert – in something is not as difficult as you think. It involves work, for sure, but it does not involve as much work as you think. You can become an expert in something in four steps.

Today was the day that everyone’s collective brains switched back on. The Christmas chocolate and New Year’s boozefest has finally lifted, and the world has started creaking inevitably forward again. Did you notice?