From Corporate Creative Director to Painter: Living the Dream
We all need help getting out of our own way. Today I want to share another true story of one of my clients. In just two months, he created his dream...
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3 Tips for Figuring Out What To Be When You Grow Up
I love working with people who don’t know what they want to be when they grow up. For some people they are bored, burned out, and want out of the corporate...
Life Lessons from a Millennial
With my adult hubris, it never occurred to me that I would learn from her. So the first thing I learned—or was reminded of, again—is that life lessons come to...
The Value of Knowing Your Values
Understanding your values helps clarify what makes you happy and can lead to easier decision making. But first it’s important to make sure those values are actually yours.
A True Story About the Power of Prioritizing
What's your biggest time-sucking, energy-wasting activity? Email? Scheduling? Facebook? While all of the above are known for sucking you into a black hole where time has no meaning, the one "activity"...
What If You Didn’t Need to Retire?
How much of your life is being dictated by your future retirement? First of all, are you sure retirement will make you happy? Just like in life, some people are...
C'mon, People, Go Do Your Thang
Today’s post is inspired in part by International Women’s Day, which was yesterday, but you probably already knew that. One of my colleagues told me about Diane Von Furstenburg’s foundation...
Is It Time You Took Your Own Medicine? (I did and it worked!)
This past Saturday I led a free workshop in which I taught participants to use one of my favorite "make the crazy in the brain stop" tools. The workshop went...
How Karaoke Taught Me a Lesson About Decision-Making, Leadership & Perfectionism
The more I pay attention to what makes good leaders, I see how trapped many of us are by our perfectionism without even realizing it. In fact, what they found is...
Don't Quit 5 Minutes Before the Miracle Happens
To be honest, life has thrown me some curve balls lately that have put me smack-dab in the middle of a big pity party. Since life is not all unicorns,...
5 Tips for Finding a Career That Fits
I am lucky. I have the best job in the world. For me. I get to help people. I get to write about whatever I want. I get to teach...
When “Good Enough” Isn’t Good Enough
In my experience, we often sell ourselves short. We are our own worst critics. What we think we can get is much different from what’s actually possible for us. We...
Why Trusting Your Gut Is More Efficient than Analyzing Data
I don’t know about you, but it has taken me a loooong time to find a career I love. Figuring out what I wanted to be when I grew up...
What’s the SINGLE-BEST Way to Get Your Resume to a Human?
Let me start by saying that I don’t really like networking. At least, not in the typical ways we may think about it. Loud rooms full of strangers smiling too...
Does Your College Major Really Matter?
A friend and I have long debated the purpose of college. I’ve always believed in the universal value of a liberal arts degree. I prefer the idea of a classical...
Living His Mission: Why One Engineer Chose Art Over HVAC
Below is an interview with Rick Huddle that shows how he evolved from being a project manager for a construction HVAC company into a children’s storyteller.
From Healthcare to Smoothies: A Fresh Look at Retirement and “Security”
Have you ever been on vacation and said to yourself, “I could live here. Why don’t I just move?” And then reality smacks you in the face: you have RESPONSIBILITIES and...
The Two-Pound Ripple Effect: How One Little Itty-Bitty Goal Can Change Your Life
Have you caved in on your 2018 New Year’s resolutions yet? Or, did you not bother to set any?
The Culture of Busyness: If You Stopped Being a Human Doing, Who Would You Be?
When I am acting like a “human doing,” my self-esteem comes from what I DO, rather than who I AM. I equate my self-worth with how much I get done...
Are You Living Your Practice Life or Your Real Life?
I’ve been trying to find the perfect formula for my life; the perfect set of rules to live by so that I never have to be uncomfortable. Life really, really...