Getting up and drawing a Venn diagram is a great way to appear smart. It doesn’t matter if your Venn diagram is wildly inaccurate, in fact, the more inaccurate the better. Sarah Cooper Read Quote
I used to think Medium was a pretty pure place and then the MAGA hats started showing up here too. Sarah Cooper Read Quote
Finding your voice as a stand up comedian means deeply knowing who you are as an artist and a human being. Sarah Cooper Read Quote
If you’re ever struggling for something to say, just take a noun and verbalize it. Using simple words in new and interesting ways will creativize your presence. Sarah Cooper Read Quote
I was still working at Google when I wrote the blog post ’10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings.’ I was scared to share it at first because I didn’t want my coworkers to think that I was making fun of them – which I totally was. But then afterward I had people coming up to me like, ‘I have a meeting trick! Put my meeting trick in your next post!’ Sarah Cooper Read Quote
My Dad doesn’t see limitations; he either sees hard workers or people who are lazy. As a result, despite any disability or obstacle, my siblings and I all lead relatively happy and successful lives. I believe a good deal of this is due to the fact that excuses were rarely tolerated. Sarah Cooper Read Quote
For most of my 20s I felt the need to focus solely on my goals and let nothing distract me. Sarah Cooper Read Quote
I can’t tell you how excited I was when I joined my first book club, but I can tell you how much I immediately regretted it. Sarah Cooper Read Quote
When you’re Jamaican, you don’t consider yourself African American even though everyone else considers you that. Sarah Cooper Read Quote
I’ve always felt unsure of exactly what I wanted to do with my life, but I have these rare moments of total clarity where everything is perfectly clear. Sarah Cooper Read Quote
