What’s Stopping You From Investing in Yourself? We had some friends over the other day for dinner and a bonfire at our house. A bottle of wine or two later the topic came up about working out. One of our friends said she “wished she still worked out.” The coach...
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...
“Most of the people I know, and coach, are recovering people-pleasers…” New York Times Best Selling Author, Michael Hyatt said this to me in our recent conversation. In fact, I’m a recovering people-pleaser myself. In my first professional job, I working between 80-90...
Ok, time to level with me. Are you still absentmindedly clicking through indeed.com? Maybe LinkedIn or Glassdoor is your tool of choice? Is it because the work you do now isn’t fulfilling and you’ve finally come to the conclusion that “I need to make a change in my...
“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...
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....
We’ve observed over the years that Top Performers ask for help completely differently than other people. They do it in a way that causes their boss to love them, friends to always want to help, and colleagues to enjoy lending a hand. What is this massive difference in...
