I turned to a page in my life coaching notebook and saw these five words: HAPPY. FULFILLED. CALM. AFFLUENT. SUCCESSFUL. Unfortunately, I’m finding myself feeling anxious, annoyed and agitated. It’s only the first week of the New Year and already it seems like my core desired feelings have gone on vacation to a sunny beach somewhere and […]
When you look before you leap, you make sure that there’s a safety net at the end in case things don’t work out. You do your due diligence. You time things properly so that the least number of lives get disrupted, including yours. You make a list of pros and cons. You ask for everyone’s […]
A year ago, I said goodbye to the role that defined me for almost two decades. I worked as a publisher at the largest magazine publishing company in the country. I started at 23 as an Associate Publisher, got promoted at 26 to Group Publisher and finally snagged the plum role of Publisher at 32. At […]
So I set these goals, these commitments to myself and my business. They’re great. They are forward-thinking, doable, measurable, clear, not too ambitious—everything that a goal should be. And yet they still don’t get done. For example, blogging three times a week. In terms of the “strategies” to make sure I write the blog posts, […]
For a long time, I was an expert. People would come to me, ask me questions and yes, I would have the answer. Dilemmas would arise and I would trot out experiences that showed how we overcame something like that in the past. Proposals would be made and I would have the power to veto or […]
