What does life want from you

What does life want from you

In The Road to Character, David Brooks asks two important questions:   What does life want from me? What are my circumstances calling me to do? You’ll notice a slight difference between this inquiry and everything else you read, watch, and listen to from the...
Life isn’t meant to be conquered

Life isn’t meant to be conquered

Most overachievers believe that out-doing everyone else is the best path to being successful. This belief leads to a long list of goals designed to maximize our capabilities (and eventually impress our social media followers). We can’t imagine a weekend without a...
Life Isn’t Fair

Life Isn’t Fair

Intellectually, we get it. We understand that some people are born with a full head of overflowing hair while others are almost completely bald by the age of 30. (20 years later, this one still stings a little.) But even though our rational, thinking brain appreciates...
Hustle Culture

Hustle Culture

In 2014, Timothy Wilson conducted a study in which participants stated that they would pay money to avoid an electric shock. No surprises there. However, once they were left alone in the lab room, the inactivity became too much to bear, and people sought to fill the...
Embrace your crazy

Embrace your crazy

It’s not unusual for one of my executive coaching clients to begin a meeting with, “I apologize in advance but, today I need some couch time.” Whether you recognize it or not, every conversation we have involves some “therapy”. Smart, driven, overachieving...
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