The things you love do not need to become your work. This isn’t a very popular sentiment these days, I know. There’s a deluge of cultural messaging that enthusiastically insists if you follow your passions you will discover your sense of purpose and henceforth what you should be doing with your life in its entirety. [...]
Our Cultural Obsession with Achievement I’ll be honest with you. The blog I wrote for this week’s newsletter (here) was unusually soul crushing. It’s not that the content wasn’t good (it’s poignant), or resonant with my own personal experience (it is), or that I don’t have expertise on the subject (I do); it’s the fact [...]
The subtle art of incremental progress. To me, “risk” always sounded like a far-off and daunting endeavor. Until recently it was hard to imagine that there was some action I could take right now, today, that would be considered a risk. Continue Reading
You wouldn’t build a house without blueprints. Why would you bring your idea to life or expand your business without a highly detailed guidebook? Here are just a few reasons why brand development is a critical process for businesses and people at ANY stage of growth. Continue Reading
Just because you can keep going doesn’t mean you should. Recently I found myself pushed to a familiar breaking point. I knew that if I didn’t stop and give myself a timeout no matter who or what needed me, I would pay for it in exponential terms later. What does paying for it look like? [...]
When we view people in our networks as chess pieces to move to our advantage, we sacrifice infinite possibility on the altar of a set agenda. There have been times in my life when I wouldn’t participate in anything social unless I felt that (a) I had something to offer or (b) there was something [...]
