I was still 21 years old when I hired someone for the first time. I failed miserably.
I had just been promoted to managing editor of a small daily newspaper and one of my first tasks was to fill the job I had just vacated as sports editor. I felt very confident that I’d make a good hire.
OK, let’s be honest. I was young and full of myself. I knew what I was doing, unlike those who had come before me. I wouldn’t hire some dork with no talent. (We had a couple of those.) I was going to hire the best.
When I went through resumes and read the candidates’ previous work, one guy stood out. Danny was a great writer. His copy was crisp and fun to read. He had just finished his graduate degree in journalism and would obviously be working at a bigger paper soon with some experience. After an interview, I hired him.
It was an absolute disaster.
When love finally dies, it’s like a fever breaks and the pain is gone
Forget your partner’s best traits; worst traits predict your future
We sometimes need help to finish a long race we’ve decided to run
Stop using children as pawns to promote adult political agendas
Why do we stay in prison when there’s no lock holding us there?
Midlife becomes big crisis when our self-deception stops working
We’re neither friends nor enemies, just strangers who share the past
‘This path leads to somewhere I think I can finally say, I’m home’