In my mid-20s, the company I worked for closed its office in Colorado. I was given an opportunity to relocate to one of their other U.S. locations. I chose Portland, …
You’ll figure it out
What if you trusted that you will figure it out? Instead of worrying that you won’t? Instead of trying to leapfrog into the future to create certainty and control, you …
Understand the assignment
When there is a job to be done, consider how deviating from that job impacts the system. While there might be a lot you want to say, the receiver of …
Been learning…
Overwork comes quietly, sneaks in with justification and 5-minute lies. The strongest friendships are the ones who forgive and understand before you did, the selfishness of surviving the deep end. …
Go get ’em
Every day, he’d say it. My dad’s voice as I stepped out the door, “Got get ’em, Aim.” And, it would focus me on the energy with which I’d move …
The Add-Back
How much thought are you giving these days about the composition of the next twelve months for you? What will you add back? Restaurant dining? Going to the office? Get …
Your vision for the new year
It’s a new year. A time to speak our truth into our future. The world has words for this like: vision and dreams. I’d like to think of it more as …
Presumption’s Half-life
Presumption, according to Merriam-Webster Shameless boldness Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning For 40 years I …
What is [it] costing you?
There’s a price. Every place in which you feel stuck between what is and what could be is costing you something. Perhaps the cost is: …a dream. …untapped potential. …a …
Accept or Convert
Three words that have changed the way I do everything. Accept or convert. It’s that easy, apparently. While a piece of me wishes I’d known these three words sooner…I’m certainly …