Your Experience Is Worth More Than Your Information

Your Experience Is Worth More Than Your Information

For a long time, many of us thought our value was in what we knew. That made sense. We worked hard to learn our craft. We studied, practiced, trained, read, wrote, built businesses, served clients, made mistakes, and slowly became good at what we do. Then the internet...
Stop Waiting For The Plan

Stop Waiting For The Plan

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.  One reason people stay stuck in careers and jobs that suck their souls is that they think they need the whole...
It’s Not Too Late

It’s Not Too Late

A lot of people assume, quietly and sometimes sadly, that it’s too late to reinvent themselves. Too late to start something new. Too late to change direction. Too late to build a different kind of life. I don’t believe that for a second. In my work, I’ve seen too many...
You Are Not Unemployable

You Are Not Unemployable

Maybe you’ve started to wonder. You sent out the résumé. Worked your network. Applied for roles you could do in your sleep. And still, nothing. No interview. No call back. No human being even acknowledging that you exist. That kind of silence can get in your head. You...
Afraid

Afraid

Fear is in the air right now. You can feel it in conversations. In the news. In the markets. In the low grade tension people carry around in their bodies. War in the Middle East. Cultural uncertainty. Financial uncertainty. A sense that the ground beneath our feet...