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Two Years – a Reflection on the Lessons of Actually Doing What I Want
This month marks the two-year anniversary of the beginning of This Fearless Life and this upcoming February 3 will mark the two-year anniversary of my first This Fearless Life newsletter post. These dates have been bouncing around in my head for a few weeks as they...
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Career Conversations with Young Professionals: Even the Best Prepared Don’t Know
Over the course of the past couple of months, I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of coaching dozens of young professionals, who are at the top of their (burgeoning) professional game but are considering significant career change - or even putting their careers on...
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Six Ways to Create Boundaries at Work Without Putting Your Job at Risk
I recently visited a friend who is a leader at one of the world’s leading sports apparel manufacturing companies. This was his dream job, he’d been working his whole career for the opportunity to land at the company he’d thought so highly of for so long. After only a...
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A Lesson on Complaining: Why We Complain and How to Avoid It
I’ve had a couple of recent experiences that have reminded me how unproductive complaining can be and how easy it is to get caught up in the negative mindset that loves to complain. I’m a complainer. Well, sometimes. Actually, it’s complicated. When I think about...
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How to Overcome Anticipatory Anxiety. 6 Strategies to Stop Worrying About the Future and Get on with It
A few weeks ago I found myself in a peculiar but not unfamiliar situation. I had a referral from my network and was set to talk with someone I didn’t know about a potential business opportunity. Almost immediately I was feeling anxious, uncertain, and worried about...
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What Is Wealth? To Feel Rich, Try Separating Your Income from Your Definition of Wealth
Do you remember your first real job? I do, I landed a role as an instructional designer working on a large project at the institution I had just graduated from, The University of Illinois. I was ecstatic that I would be making close to $35,000 a year! Back in 2003, that was a lot of money…
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Developing a ‘Meaning Statement’ and How It Can Breathe Life Back into Your Work
It’s Sunday afternoon and your mind is beginning to wander, thoughts of the week ahead start to seep in and a feeling of dread starts to wash over you. “Another week, another exhausting, frustrating slog.” For many of us, the Sunday night blues are real and our work,...
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From the Law Firm to the Yoga Studio – Navigating Big Career Change: Those Who’ve Done It and Their Secrets
Making a big, bold move away from the warm safety and security of the status quo. Many of us think it’s impossible, too risky, too much unknown and left to chance. Maybe it’s that we’re comfortable in our current situation - it’s easy and predictable - we’ve...
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Building Trust in a Cynical World – 10 Imperatives for 21st Century Leaders
We are experiencing an unprecedented crisis of trust - or a lack thereof - on a global scale. We don’t have to look far to notice the effects: political polarization, nationalism, truth bending Twitter rants from the leader of the free-world, fake news, corporate...
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