Many people find themselves surprisingly busier in the summer than they expect to be. The chief reason we’re surprised is that the summer brings new projects that we often don’t count as […]
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5 Easy Ways to Write About Your Problems (and Start Solving Them)
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ali Luke. Do you ever find yourself going over the same problem — again and again — inside your head? Maybe you’re in your 50s […]
Should You Get a Job When You Have a Great Business?
One of my friends who has a great business is looking for a job. For many people, “having a great business” and “looking for a job” are incompatible. If you had a […]
5 Ways to Have that Trust Conversation Sooner
Conversations on trust are difficult because they have moral and practical connotations. We sometimes mean trust in the practical way: I trust my car to start, the sun to rise, or my […]
How Do You Sing in the Morning?
I was listening to the audiobook version of Mark Nepo’s More Together Than Alone the other day. The following passage struck me: In an elemental way, empathy and connection are life-giving. Let’s […]
Do You Need to Get Better at Asking for and Receiving Help?
I used to suck at receiving help. I was so bad at it someone finally had to tell me … We were sitting at a table in the sun at a retreat I […]
4 Great Ways to Stay Present in the Digital Age
Editor’s note: This post stems from a podcast episode of the same topic. Check out the episode “Is Technology Affecting Your Relationships?“. In recent years, communication technology has drastically changed expectations for […]
Failure or Opportunity: You Get to Choose
It’s inevitable that when we embark on ambitious endeavors, there will be setbacks. Goal setting is designed to get us farther along the road toward success. Without clearly defined goals, many of […]
3 Ways a Family Scrum Can Strengthen Your Relationships
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenn Labin. When I shared our original plan for a family scrum, and then again when I updated it a year later, some of you […]
How to See Tedium as Valuable
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jacquette M. Timmons. We are almost four weeks into the new year. This is the time of the year that tends to bring about a […]
How Empathy Can Build Better Workplace Relationships
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Mike Ambassador Bruny. There is an interesting dynamic that can exist between leaders and those they lead. Many employees complain about their leaders, and many […]
New Year, New You: Do You Need to Refine Your Family Scrum?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenn Labin. A year ago, I shared the process my family uses for our weekly scrum. I described how scrum changed the way we communicate […]
10 Easy Ways to Keep Going When You’re F.L.A.T.
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH. “Oh shoot! The power’s out!” Shame washed over me as I realized what had happened. My electricity had been disconnected because […]
10 Ways to Support Yourself When You’re Marketing in a Hostile World
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kerra L. Bolton. I have become increasingly reluctant to increase my brand visibility on and offline. In a world where anyone with a phone […]
Project Leonardo: What I’ve Learned After One Month
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Cory Huff and part two of a series on Project Leonardo. A month ago I wrote about living in my Zone of Genius. A […]
4 Ways to Cultivate Mutual Empathy
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Bravo. A few weeks ago, I rode a bus to the airport as I headed home from a client workshop. Unexpectedly, we were […]
How I’m Living in My Zone of Genius
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Cory Huff and part one of a series on Project Leonardo. Last week I sat in the car with two friends. One of them […]
Why Adults Need to Play (Especially If You’re an Entrepreneur)
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Nailah Blades. When’s the last time you played? I’m talking full-on, delightfully silly, fun on fun on fun PLAY. For most of us, it […]