I recently had the opportunity to be a guest on the Innova.buzz podcast with Jürgen Strauss. We talked about the relationship between failure and success, the importance of tuning into yourself, and about mind mapping as tool for creativity and clarity, among other things (like Jürgen's super-cool
I’m generally a quality over quantity person, but there is an exception: if you want to create things that are creative, powerful, and impactful, the best way to get there appears to be by creating more things ... as opposed to focusing on creating only great things, which is a
What if failure isn’t the problem—but how you define it is? A small shift in how you measure success might change more than you expect.
Whether or not you're a Marvel / Spider Man fan, you might know this quote: With great power comes great responsibility. (If you don't, it's something Peter Parker's uncle Ben says to him that becomes a core value for him in his role
I’m well aware that I’m an abuser of certain forms of punctuation, especially hyphens, ellipses, and parentheses, not to mention putting periods in the wrong place relative to quotation marks and parentheses. I’ve also been known to put paragraph breaks in places that would make English teachers
“I’m exhausted, but I have to go in this weekend to catch up on my charts,” said my client, an ER doctor, sounding dismayed. “I’m not sure that’s a good idea,” I said in response. “But, how am I ever going to catch up if I don’
Luck is important, yes, but it may not be in the way you think it is.
I was fortunate enough to spend a large portion of my childhood living in Santa Cruz (dude!) While I never learned to surf, I did have a skateboard. And a dog. She was a big Lab / German Shepherd / Husky mix that I’d oh-so-uncreatively named “Buppy” (the name my uncle
It feels good to be wanted, doesn’t it? (That’s your brain’s reward system at work, btw.) But, if you’ve ever found yourself overwhelmed, drained, or simply stretched too thin, you already know that ‘yes’ has a price tag—one we often don’t recognize until we
Not fun ... yet. (Photo by Jonas Denil / Unsplash)
Don't believe everything you think.
An annoying, but important truth.
(Originally published 5/18/2016) I’d been working with a new client for a couple of months. One day she came in and said “I need to talk to you about something. It’s got me totally overwhelmed, and it’s very hard to talk about.” “Sure,” I said
It's not what you might think.
First, a definition: If you consistently sacrifice your own needs and wants for those of others due to concerns about conflict or disapproval, you may qualify as 'too nice’. Sure, going along with what your partner wants is a way of being supportive and loving, and you should definitely