Are you a bad boss?

Emily McDowell on boundaries, people management, and the (occasional) beauty of quitting

Have you ever been really bad at something that you were certain you would be good at? Were you able to admit it?

Emily McDowell—the writer, illustrator, and founder of Em & Friends—shared a fascinating secret with me a couple weeks ago. Not only does her secret take a lot of self-awareness to admit, I feel like it is also so relatable. If you take out t…