What part of routine do you always try to skip?
Author: Onah Jung
As long as we are willing to change our perceptions about wood.
Why mentors, coaches, and cheerleaders all have the same problem
The counterintuitive psychology behind what moves reporters to say yes, and what it revealed about my own blogging too
What small and mid-size builders should know before the incentives make the decision for them
Why the conversations we want to avoid are the ones worth having
The Stories I Tell Myself Before Anything Actually Happens
My journey to finding true fans in a classroom setting
Everyone knows why they are pitching. The ones who got a response figured out why the other person should care, and those are not the same question.
Hint…it can be much more about design ideas.
Are you relying on your work to explain itself? Here’s how to create compelling presentations that resonate with your audience.
Mediocre Costs More: Why “Good Enough” Design Is the Most Expensive Decision in Mid-Rise Development
The design will just fit in.” It is one of the most common things said in early project meetings, and quietly one of the most expensive.
What a coffee conversation taught me about the difference between struggling and suffering, and why mixing up the two was making everything worse.
What a stranger’s offhand comment revealed about why designers and clients keep talking past each other
I knew I was making the wrong hiring decision while I was making it. Turns out the same lesson matters even more in the age of AI.
The questions architecture candidates ask me have not changed much over the years. What has changed is how much harder they have gotten to answer.
A potential client asked me last month the exact same question. Some conversations in this industry just keep repeating themselves.
Why being vague feels professional but kills real connection
Life Outside of Design Studio 