by Jared | Jul 11, 2018 | Education, Politics, Popular Culture |
Should I respond or not? I mentally shifted gears several times, veering between amusement and annoyance. Several weeks before, I had read an opinion piece in The Nation, one of the most prominent newspapers in Thailand, which claimed that the international school the...
by Jared | Oct 10, 2017 | Leadership, Popular Culture |
The photo capturing the last few moments of the Global Goals World Cup (GGWCup) made it all look easy. UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau beaming on stage, the crowd cheering and laughing, and nothing left to manage beyond how to clean up afterward. Yet...
by Jared | Nov 20, 2014 | Education, Travel |
The smiling man said his name was Jake and, in my jet-lagged mind, that was enough. I followed him out of the Incheon Airport to a minivan, threw my bag in and sank back against the seat. Following the advice of a friend, I was moving to South Korea to teach English...
by Jared | Jul 10, 2014 | Branding |
We all have insecurities. Whether it’s picking apart our appearances, obsessing over misspoken words or imagining how we could have made better choices, we are all too often our own worst critics. No one is completely immune from nagging moments of self-doubt,...
by Jared | May 27, 2014 | Leadership |
Published in The Bangkok Post I’m an incredibly opinionated person. Whether politics, religion, psychology, education or virtually any other topic, you can be almost certain that I’ll have a view that I’m willing to defend. Debate and dialogue play a...
