Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Danielle LaSusa PhD. In this unsettling time, many of us are confronting huge questions about life’s purpose. Maybe you’ve been laid off or your business […]
Philosophy
Core Conversations on Start Finishing: Curiosity Fuels the Five Key Virtues for Doing Our Best Work
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversations on Charlie’s book Start Finishing. In our last conversation, Barb Suarez talked about honoring yourself in your new normal of parenthood. In […]
3 Ways to Get Unstuck from Decision Paralysis
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Danielle LaSusa PhD. “I wish someone would just tell me what to do.” You’ve said it, right? Admit it. It’s ok. You won’t lose […]
The Content Delusion Rides on the Scalability Thesis
Editor’s Note: Jonathan invited me to share this post as a riff on the Good Life Project podcast. My bud Jonathan Fields recently published “The Content Delusion (Or Why You Still Need […]
How Hero Stories Discourage Us from Being Virtuous
Hero stories are stories about what it means to be a good person in a given society. A hero’s circumstances and responses are extreme not just so that the stories are compelling […]
Every Conversation is Simultaneously Exclusive and Inclusive
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.” – Moliere I did something quite unexpected in Monday’s PSA for Valentine’s Day: I told a joke. (Gasp!) Turns out, there […]
Success Often Comes When You’re Not Searching for It
When was the last time you tried something that really might not have worked out? Where you didn’t actually have the answers? Where you didn’t find success? This dance with uncertainty about […]
Lead the Dance with the Universe
I was talking to a client the other day who kept making references to the Big Project that came her way that would radically change her trajectory. All she needed was just […]
Receiving the Good Word
I walked down the steps into my gym’s large hot tub, ready to continue sinking into the zen state I was in from a restorative session. The water’s heat and movement took […]
Worrying About What You’ll Be When You Grow Up Is Pointless
A woman in her mid-50s in a local group I’m in stood up and admitted, “I still don’t know what I’m going to be when I grow up!” She was clearly frustrated […]
What's Your Next Move?
No matter how you got here, you are here. What’s your next move? (click to tweet – thanks) If it’s been a good journey to this point, great. What’s your next move? […]
How Shopping Will Change the World
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversation, “Extraordinary Women Change the World.” Yesterday, Ericka Hines shared with us how she wrestles with the demons that want to be miserly in supporting others’ empowerment. Today, […]
You Can Never Step Into The Same River Twice
This video post discusses a popularization of an idea attributed to Heraclitus: “You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.” [If you’re […]
We’re Meant For More Than Selling and Making Money
A recent email conversation with an old comrade has me a bit unsettled. He and I shared our journey as entrepreneurs for a good bit but we ultimately took different routes. My […]
Living Like Hermit Crabs
Finding and re-creating yourself is a lifelong journey marked out in moments. It’s an apparent paradox: we’ll never be “there”, yet we’re always trying to get there. Patience and persistence keep this […]
The Zen of Working with Difficult Clients
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Karl Staib. If you work for yourself you’ve had an annoying client that just doesn’t seem worth your time. You can’t stop this from […]
How Is Your Perfectionism Feeding You?
Are you grappling with perfectionism? Rather than addressing the symptoms of perfectionism, let’s talk about one of its roots. There are others, but I’ll focus on one today. Take a second to […]
When It's Okay To Use People
Act that you use humanity, whether in your person or in another, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means.- Immanuel Kant You’re using me right now. […]