Defensiveness is a learning disability. If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, it’s impossible to learn and grow. - Blake Scholl

When sharing your opinion with colleagues (or significant other), it helps to communicate how strongly you feel. I’ll often say it’s a 51/49 opinion or an 80/20 opinion or, rarely, 99/1.

This metadata helps prevent unnecessary conflicts.

The price of good tea is steep

I started Boom knowing literally zero people in aerospace. Networks are built naturally when doing something interesting—they are not a precondition.