End Like You Mean to Continue
Welcome to another Wednesday Wisdom. Every week, I share with you what I'm thinking about life, work, and leadership. This week we're talking about...
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It's Just Work: How to put work into perspective
On Sunday night, I went to check my calendar for the week. I knew I had a bit on, but I wasn't too worried. Until I got to Thursday. At that point,...
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Endings: Letting go of the good
Last week, I wrote about beginnings, so it seems fitting to talk about endings this week. Unless you're an immortal with unlimited time, energy,...
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Always Be a Beginner
On Saturday, I went to my first creative writing workshop. I walked in fairly confident. I've published two books, (non-fiction) and I write daily. I...
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Intangible Assets: Create business value that lasts
I was listening to the radio this morning when a soundbite caught my attention - a business expert talking about "intangible assets." I've been using...
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People are the Problem (and the point)
How much easier would driving be, without all the other cars on the road? How much more enjoyable would going to the supermarket be, without all the...
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Do, Then Decide
What are you tangled up in knots about right now? I bet you've got a decision weighing on you. Whether it's a job offer, a location change, a...
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Success Hack: Networking with the right people
The company you keep matters. When you're surrounded by smokers, you're more likely to be a smoker. When your friends are successful at work, you're...
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Your Real Value is Converting Uncertainty
Nobody knows what they're doing. Literally nobody. We're all winging it. We're digging through mental filing cabinets and muscle memory, every time...
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Upgrade Your Worries: Reduce anxiety about your life choices
Welcome to another Wednesday Wisdom. Every week, I share with you what I'm thinking about life, work, and leadership. This week we're talking about...
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How to lead when you're worried
It’s a worrying time to be in charge. How can you be a successful leader when you're worried about the future? We live in a time of unprecedented...
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Obsessions: The perfect way to avoid things
I'm kind of intense, once I get *into* something. This time last year, I got into houseplants. It started with 6, and just a few weeks later, I had...
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How to become a CEO
We caught up on some of our Google analytics last week, and there was a surprising nugget in there. One of the most common search terms that brought...
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5 secrets of successful CEOs
Want to become a CEO but can’t keep up with your current workload, much less anything else? Wondering how they do it, how you can get there, and how...
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Learning in Lockdown: Use crisis to develop new skills
I always have my best ideas on a plane. It's not great in lockdown, I'll admit, but there's something about putting myself in a different situation...
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The Benefits of Getting Bored: Get unstuck
I really like making and discovering new things. It's a bit of a problem, because as soon as I've made something, I'm bored with it and looking for...
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Leading through change: the power of language
“Words create worlds” - JONATHAN FRANZEN Two years ago, I conducted a personal experiment after reading James Clear's Atomic Habits. To be more...
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My Top Leadership Reads 2021
I love to read - ever since I was a kid, I’ve spent as much of my free time as possible engrossed in a book. Childhood me would be pretty stoked I...
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Stop Telling Yourself Old Stories
Welcome to another Wednesday Wisdom, Friend. Every week, I share with you what I'm thinking about life, work, and leadership. This week we're talking...
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Find Your Purpose: Upgrade your inner Google
GET YOUR FREE PLAY THE LONG GAME PACK Get perspective It feels like our experiences are factual, because they’re tangible. If you can see, smell,...
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The 5 most important (untaught) leadership skills
The world of work is different As the nature of work changes, new technology is introduced, and social norms evolve, we need different skills from...
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Are you flexible?
You know that saying that courage isn't an absence of fear, it's feeling fear and doing it anyway? I had a dose of that this week. I had a couple of...
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Treat Yourself How You Treat Others
FREE GET YOUR SH*T TOGETHER WORKBOOK One of the nicest things about lockdown was the feeling that you could relax a little. Be yourself. Let a few...