February 27, 2014

Awaken your inner apprentice

You’re good at what you do. So good, in fact, that others come to you for counsel—to be their mentor. But don’t let yourself get away with that. Awaken your inner apprentice instead. All of us should practice ...

February 26, 2014

Why gratitude is the fast path to your productive best

Would you like to get more margin in your day? Would you like to be at your productive best? Then simply practice a little gratitude. In his TEDx talk, the happiness researcher Shawn Achor observes, “Your brain at positive is ...

February 20, 2014

Become an expert beginner

Newb. Rookie. Novice. Trainee. Beginner. We’d rather not be associated with those words. Instead, we prefer others: Authority. Guru. Expert. Maven. Master. In this week’s episode of the Reinventure Me podcast, my co-host, Armin Assadi and I explore in more depth ...

February 19, 2014

When your spouse resists your dream

Dreams are hard enough to pursue. You’re always fighting something. Procrastination. Fear. Distraction. A million internal battles wage war to slow you down. But what do you do when the battle is also external—when the greatest resistance you face ...

February 17, 2014

Review: “The Gift of Being Yourself” by David G. Benner

Recommended reading: The Gift of Being Yourself

“Identity is never simply a creation. It is always a discovery.” So writes David Benner in his excellent book, The Gift of Being Yourself (IVP Books, 2004). I read this book after I told Jack, a friend of ...

February 14, 2014

The half-life of encouragement

Back in college I learned about a half-life. It’s the time it takes for half of a substance to decay. The half-life of known radioactive elements range from 1.8 milliseconds for Unuoctium to 4 million years for Technetium. But ...

February 13, 2014

Is your identity a spiritual endeavor?

Over on the Reinventure Me podcast today my co-host, Armin Assadi, and I discuss how change affects identity and why it’s important to think of identity as an integration of our various roles. It’s easy to describe ourselves by ...

February 6, 2014

Mindset podcast on good thinking

Think about this. We spend a great deal of our lives thinking. Thinking far too much about ourselves—How do I fit in? What value do I bring? What do they think of me? And thinking far too poorly—we either ...

February 5, 2014

What I learned about leadership from an introvert

By every definition of the term, I’m an extrovert. I enjoy being around people—constantly. They energize me. And, ironically, my favorite person to be with is an introvert. Even after 33 years of marriage, I can’t seem to get ...

January 31, 2014

The dream tax advantage

“Most of us have two lives,” writes Stephen Pressfield. “The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” In his classic book, The War of Art, Pressfield animizes the internal battle that ...

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