I just got off a Skype call with a former Google employee who just made a transition into a role that fits his strengths even better. He is totally thrilled! I wanted to tell you about it because you might be thinking “who on earth chooses to leave Google? That’s the...
“Donde esta la biblioteca?” When’s the last time you took a trip to the library? Many of us tore through books as children, but as jobs and obligations came with adulthood, we began abandoning this pastime. Besides the busyness we build around ourselves, today’s world...
Sometimes the most successful people turn out to have pretty eccentric habits. For instance, Steve Jobs wore the same clothing every day. A famous composer named Igor Stravinsky did a headstand for 15 minutes every morning to “clear his brain.” Nikola Tesla claimed he...
Do you ever think much about the concept of “unlearning” something? For a transformative learning experience, we often have to take our grasp off of beliefs we’ve had for a long time. When someone suggests a new fact that contradicts a long held belief, our...
Imagine if the first thought millions of people had when you introduced yourself was, “Damn, what a badass.” For my friend [and NYT Bestselling Author] Jen, that’s a reality. When she sends an email, speaks at a conference, or hops on a podcast interview, she...
Everyone and their mother is going to email you about your resolutions and goals now that it’s almost the beginning of the new year. I don’t want to do that to you. Plus you already know I have a serious aversion to doing what everyone else is doing! So instead I...
Ball with Allen Iverson, Movie-making with Hollywood Elite, and Signing Contracts with Jay-Z My friend Mo claims he’s worked a lot of dream jobs in his lifetime. In his first role post-college—at Reebok HQ—he spent his time playing company basketball games at...
What if your career looked like traveling through wine country? A slight breeze cools your skin as you sit in the afternoon sun. In the distance, you hear words you don’t recognize, a melodic language just faint enough that you can’t identify the specifics of...
Crank the Delorean, Doc Welp, you guessed it. We’re going back. Way back. Maybe even way-way-way back for some of you. Today’s steps for crashing through mental barriers on the way to career happiness require us to get into the heads of our teenage selves....
The 5-Year Plan is out of date. Do you remember what you were doing exactly 5 years ago? Maybe on this day in 2013 you were sitting down and dreaming of your future. Whether you were fresh out of grad school or decades deep in a career, chances are, you’ve...
