Here’s How I Set Simple Habits That Change My Life and Work

Before I write this piece on habits, I just really need to preface: I am hesitant to write this piece because I worry about it being just another piece of ‘productivity porn.’ You know what I mean—the articles and pieces that prey on our sense of not accomplishing enough. The ones that we stop to […]
How Will You Know You’ve Been Successful? Letting Play and Rigor Into Your Goals
I recently went out for a reunion meetup with my spring 2015 class of the Build Yourself+ workshop. I didn’t initiate the night. When I got an email from a former participant suggesting a reunion I felt a thrill. She was meeting my personal challenge goal.
What Got You Here Wont Get You There. Leadership, and Following the Numbers
I recently watched one of those TED talks that helps you see the structural underpinnings that were always there, but invisible to you. Titled, The Career Advice You Probably Didn’t Get, it features Susan Colantuono, who founded Leading Women, a consultancy that helps companies close the gender gap.
“Dude I was Daring Greatly.” Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
Daring Greatly by Brené Brown starts with a startling premise: That the ability to be vulnerable is actually an expression of courage, not weakness. Brown starts with a quote by Teddy Roosevelt which inspired the book’s name, one I found so compelling I just had to reproduce it in full here: