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...
In 2003, an animated film hit the theaters and captured the hearts of viewers everywhere. This movie, with a score of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, not only thrilled our kids, but gave adults a motivating reminder about how to react when life gets tough. Here’s the premise....
A New 80/20 Rule Did you know Google gives its employees 20% of work time to pursue their own passion projects? Sounds pretty great, doesn’t it? Google employees get an entire day per week to: focus on work they are intrinsically motivated toward collaborate...
Robert was in a VP level role, earning great money and enjoying life and work. He was well known around his industry. He was great at what he did. Things were pretty good overall… Until they weren’t! Robert got laid off. No big deal right. A great opportunity to...
The following post complements our recent interview with Gretchen Rubin, NYT Bestselling author of The Four Tendencies. Listen to the full episode on the audio player below. The Morning Battle: Human vs Alarm 6:00 a.m. Alarm – It’s time to get up....
If you’re reading this right now, I’d be willing to bet that somewhere along the way in your career you had a realization. It came like an epiphany, the light bulb flipped on and you’re like wow! [Putting my fingers to my temple so that I can read your...
“Now looking back at it. I never really asked myself the questions of whether I wanted to to do this. It is just normal. Many of us do that.” That’s what Michal Balass had said when I asked her where her career started. She went on to explain that she spent years...
I got this email the other day from one of our Career Change Bootcamp students. Arguably my favorite part of your coaching and team is the “and” thinking. I’ve been raving to my family about it because it’s changed my life. Thank you! Maybe too much information but I...
How do you know when your perfectionism is getting in the way of your progress? Or is it what helps you to be successful. Or is it somewhere in between. A short while back we released a podcast episode on “perfectionism” and how you might not even know it’s holding...
“What if the moments in our lives that feel the most awkward are actually the most valuable?” That’s the question that Melissa Dahl poses in her new book Cringeworthy, a Theory of Awkwardness. It’s also something that I’ve been pondering for about 10 years now....
