FROM “SANDPAPER” TO “SMOOTH”: 3-Steps to Address Unpreferred Obligations…for the Holidays and Beyond
Every year, my inbox starts blowing up in predictable fashion 1 week before Thanksgiving, with all caps subject lines to the tune of, “HELP!”, followed by emails filled with lots of expletives and/or sad face emojis, as well as some very elegant prose...
“Your Curiosity Isn’t A Distraction”: Why We Need To Bring Curiosity Back into Our Careers
People often come to me and say, “I’m just interested in too many things!” They believe that they are unfocused, indecisive and even broken. That this is some sort of character flaw. Well, this is crap. And it breaks my heart (slash pisses me off)...
“THE DIRECTIONAL APPROACH”: How To Move Towards “Aligned Ambition” And Away From Blind Ambition
Life is Directional, NOT Destinational. We’ve been learning how to do life all wrong, that is, if we’ve been taught at all. Most people I talk to express the sensation that everyone got a handbook to life, except them. Or, if they do feel like they got the memo, they...
