Vacate and Recreate

Vacate and Recreate

Will you take one? A real one? I’m talking about a real vacation. Where you actually get away. Away from the office, away from work, away from the screen, away from email, away from social. Away from the slipstream of your life. So that you can rest, and...
Quite A Terrible Cost

Quite A Terrible Cost

Sometimes, I like to pretend that I can multitask. Except that I really can’t. No one can. It’s not physiologically possible. Certain repetitive, habitual type things, of course, can get done at the same time, like tying your shoes while carrying on a...
A Terrible Cost

A Terrible Cost

There’s no way to justify it. Yet you indulge it in nearly every minute of every day. Distraction. Distraction is a thief and a killer. It robs you of your focus, your attention, and your precious time. It robs you of the capacity to read, write, and reflect. It...
This Is Not A Job

This Is Not A Job

I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news. But being a social media influencer is not a job. Even though a recent U.S. survey found 54% of 13- to 38-year-olds want to become social media influencers; even though you can buy a bunch of books about it; and even...
Lost With No Clear Way

Lost With No Clear Way

In the middle of the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood with no clear way out. So begins Dante’s Inferno. Lost in the woods. No clear way out. That was certainly true for me. And it’s true for many of the really powerful professionals with whom I...