What nourishes you? Now is the right time to find out. Do you feel confused, hopeless, or tired? It’s not enough to run on a low battery, or one that hasn’t recharged in a long time or even a short time. Finding where your energy comes from is brave. It isn’t a waste of… Read More
How to Create Your Annual 2015 Plan
It’s that time of year where we look to the year ahead and make big plans. If you’re taking a break over the holidays, you’ll likely get more energy and ideas for what you want to do in 2015. True downtime is good for that. You recharge, listen to yourself, clean up the what’s getting… Read More
HOW TO MAKE YOUR 2013 COUNT (FOR REAL)
Well that was fast, wasn’t it? I blinked and landed in 2013. It goes by far too fast for me, but then, it always does. The magic of the holidays replaced by a new, subtler magic – the space and possibility only a new year can bring. Relief that comes from a new chance to… Read More
ARE YOU WASTING THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY OF YOUR LIFE?
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by multiple projects? Trapped by your own ideas? That you’ve taken on too much, working on ten different things without finishing any? Is your computer riddled with half-written books and posts? I know. I get anxious just thinking about it. But I had to think about it when Ross, an… Read More
HOW TO MAKE MORE SALES BY BEING YOURSELF
Ever feel like a fool on sales calls or filled with anxiety and fear when you have to sell something? Do you feel amateur and afraid when you’re about to make the “ask?” Does sales and marketing give you a feeling like you want to throw up? If so, you’re in the right place. A… Read More
HOW TO REMEMBER YOUR GOOD PARTS. BECAUSE YOU HAVE THEM
We’re anxious, fearful, insecure people. These parts have a lot of pull over us. Sometimes, even when we fight against our own wretchedness and try to improve, we still lose. We begin to believe that no matter how much we do, we just can’t change. Hopelessness is created and sustained by self-bullying. What if instead of exhausting ourselves with doubt, we… Read More
GET UNSTUCK AND UNLOCK YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL
Some things in life you can let pass you by: the movie, the birthday, the business deal. But other things if gone unchecked, will kill you. You’ll end up in a life you didn’t ask for, a career you don’t enjoy, with a restlessness that keeps you up at night. I know. That used to… Read More
HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR WORLD FALLS APART
It’s Wednesday, 2pm. At work, you think of dinner, exercise, your favorite TV show. You check the news. CNN.com reports that a storm will hit your city tonight at 8p.m. and it does. CNN doesn’t report that you will be left with nothing: No home to go to, no dinner to eat, your laptop +… Read More
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE ANY ANSWERS
Every college-age Asian kid gets grilled about their future. By the time I was 22, it started to annoy me when older people asked me about my life. “Have you picked a career?” “Will you go into medicine like your parents?” What are your life plans?” Life plans. Hmm…Can one plan an entire life by… Read More