It happens at least a couple times a month. Sometimes while mingling at a networking event, other times across the aisle of a plane. Sometimes it happens when I’m meeting someone new for a cup of coffee or it could be while sharing lunch with others at a conference. It happened twice last weekend at [...]
Why is it we expect perfection—from ourselves, from others, from life? What’s that about? As a recovering perfectionist who decided a few years ago to actively fight the controlling dis-ease of perfectionism, one of the most effective strategies I’ve adopted is planning ahead for slip-ups. By “planning ahead” I mean: Expecting them—Slip-ups are going to [...]
I witness so many of my clients accomplishing amazing things—making drastic career changes, launching businesses, starting blogs and writing books, quadrupling their networks, shedding limiting beliefs, pursuing passions… It’s not that all these accomplishments go smoothly from A to Z. There are setbacks. There are missteps along the way. But there are also amazing milestones [...]
It’s OK if you don’t know what you want to do when you “grow up”. It’s OK if you don’t have a compelling vision for your best life. But it’s NOT OK to stay stuck in that place of not knowing.
I really dislike this ad. It bugs me every time I read: “We all have to do 10 things at once. Perfectly.” I have nothing against L’Oreal or Julianna Margules. But I have a lot against perpetuating the notion that we have to do 10 things at once. Says who? Isn’t it time we stopped [...]
I was out and about in the world today and noticed something striking, something peculiar. Hardly anyone was smiling. Not the people I passed on the sidewalk. Not those driving in their cars. I saw couples sitting together at restaurants with barely a smile between them. I saw clerks in stores and customers at cafes [...]
