September 10, 2019

A self-intervention guide for your mid-purpose crisis

Do you feel like you’re stuck in your career or a venture you once thought had so much promise? In my last post, I shared some of the key indicators I’ve noticed in myself when I’ve lost my sense ...

September 3, 2019

Are you in a mid-purpose crisis?

So you’ve started a new venture and your enthusiasm was off the charts. Everything was humming… until now. You’re discouraged. You’re questioning if this is what you should be doing with your life, let alone at just this moment. It ...

July 23, 2019

Live with no regrets? Never!

Living with no regrets is not a healthy way to live. If you don’t regret a decision, you can’t learn from it. Here's why.

July 9, 2019

Is it time to give your secret audience the boot?

You have a secret audience--the people you most want to impress. Who are they? Do they deserve a seat at the table? Read on to answer these questions and find out how to quiet those voices if they don’t ...

September 1, 2016

How do you define success? [podcast]

What does it mean to be a success? There's an answer we give. And there's one we believe. How do you define success?

August 18, 2016

How to change your critical life assumptions [podcast]

We all have assumptions—perhaps hundreds of them—about how our life is supposed to work. In this episode, we discuss how to identify and change our critical life assumptions.

July 14, 2016

The art of vulnerability [podcast]

In this week's episode we discuss the art of vulnerability, what it is, why it's important for developing trust, and why it's so difficult to engage it in.

July 12, 2016

What do I do with the unsettled questions in my life?

When it comes to our deepest aspirations, we all have unsettled questions: How long should I continue this pursuit? Am I giving my time to the best things right now? Will my approach bring me what I expect? Recently, ...

June 16, 2016

Why being the best isn’t good enough [podcast]

Despite all the culture cues, awards and measuring systems, being the best isn't good enough.

June 9, 2016

How to have great expectations of ourselves [podcast]

In our latest Reinventure Me podcast we talk about self-expectation, how it affects us, and how to know if we have great self-expectations; meaning the kind that truly motivates.

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