Matthew Dicks

On January 22, 2013, in a post I wrote about imaginary friends, I wrote about the Manti Te’o catfishing scandal, which was, at the time, one of the biggest stories in the news.

I won a Moth StorySLAM last week in New York City — my 65th victory.

In a recent post, Matt Kirkland suggests chopping up your large books into smaller, easier-to-handle editions.

Ordinary Abundance is a website that takes you through an apartment, rather brilliantly, demonstrating the astounding technological advances we enjoy today.

In 1989, I moved out of my childhood home and into a townhouse in Crystal Village in Attleboro, Massachusetts, with my friends Bengi and Tom.

I am, and always will be, an admirer of anyone who understands that the shorter sermon, the shorter meeting, the shorter training session, and the shorter story are almost always the best versions of those things.

Protip: If you’re asking your staff for anonymous feedback because you want the honest truth about how you or your organization is performing, then your organization lacks psychological safety.

Time travel is a dangerous piece of business.

I spoke at a prep school in the Berkshires last week.

I spent the last month reflecting on my twenties, and more specifically, the ages of 20 through 25, when I finally escaped a mountain of trouble and started college.

Some of the entries in my “Worst Case Scenario” desktop calendar are better and more relevant than others.

In 1989, I moved out of my childhood home and into a townhouse in Crystal Village in Attleboro, Massachusetts, with my friends Bengi and Tom.

If you need inspiration and perhaps even a battle cry, this image might help.

If you were worried about me getting lonely during the day now that I’m not teaching, rest assured I am blessed with many friends who join me for breakfast, lunch, and golf.

Someone told me that an actor is under enormous scrutiny and criticism from fans and critics for something he said or did.

Here’s what I remembered: When I was little, the monkeys at the Southwick Zoo (back then Southwick’s Wild Animal Farm) somehow ripped my new coat, which made my mother angry.

I’m about three weeks into not being an elementary school teacher for the first time in 27 years, and so far, despite missing some friends and former colleagues whom I once saw every day and aching a tiny bit for the presence of ten-year-olds, things have…

On Thursday, I had the honor of speaking at The Lenny and Friends Summit in San Francisco, where some of the best and most important people in product, AI, and tech assembled to listen and learn.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was teaching my third graders when my classroom phone rang around 9:00 AM.

As a Patriots fan, I am a very lucky man.

I love baseball.

Hello friends!

On Wednesday night, in the midst of rush hour on the West Side Highway in Manhattan, while idling in the center lane, the traffic light turned green, and when I pressed the gas, my car did not move.

The cyclosporiasis outbreak has prompted some restaurateurs to question whether lettuce is actually worth it at this point.

I saw this photo in my Facebook feed from a group that posts old newspaper articles from Blackstone, Massachusetts, where I grew up.

As someone who spends his life working with words and sentences — both his own and those of others — I pay close attention to the way things are labeled and described.

I heard someone on a podcast talking about the struggles of young people today, and one reason cited was growing up in the “COVID era.”

On Saturday night, I was lucky enough to attend the wedding of a former student.