


How I’m Making Meaning In A Pandemic
COVID-19 has made us painfully aware that things aren’t what they used to be. For many, it’s also helping us realize that the “used to be” version of our lives needed a kick in the pants anyways. Maybe we needed ...

43 Ways To Live Forever, Almost
As we look forward to a new year, this might provide you some more practical inspiration for those pesky resolutions.

Try Not To Ruin The Longest Day Of The Year
June 21st is the longest day of the year, which means we can either savor or squander the extra two seconds of daylight bestowed upon us by the people who made up astronomy. (And I am being exact here: Chicago, ...

Tips For Frequent Travelers
I used to travel for business, a lot. For a large part of my career—about 15 to 20 years of it—I was traveling at least once per week. I’m approaching three million miles with my favorite airline because I had ...

How Sharp Is Your Focus Right Now?
First of all, no one can focus on anything right now, other than how cute this little rabbit is*. Okay– that’s enough. Snap to it, reader. Time to focus!

I’ll Be Happy When…
Making our happiness contingent on the “Very Important Thing” that’s for sure going to hopefully happen in the future (like getting that promotion, losing 17 pounds, or moving to Boulder– or all three!) means that a) we’re delusional, and b) ...

Answering the Tough Questions This Holiday Season
The holidays are the perfect opportunity to see those friends and family members you’ve “really been meaning to catch up with” and answer the questions you’ve avoided asking yourself all year. That’s right folks, the season is upon us, and ...

Top Articles from 2018
If you’re like us, 2018 was a big and busy year, and there are probably still quite a few things left on your ‘to read’ list gathering dust in your bookmarked pages. To make it easy for you, we thought ...

What Gets in the Way of Planning Our Lives
I’m a planner- I can’t help it. Most people who know me would use “organized” and “planner” in the top 10 (likely 5) words to describe me. I’m a planner in all areas of my life except one- my Life ...

Fun at Work: Not an Oxymoron
Are you having fun yet?

Your November Leadership Inspiration Calendar
Great leaders consistently possess certain core leadership traits, one of which is the ability to inspire others. What happens when you, as a leader, need a little inspiration yourself? Look no further, friend. Here’s your month of November looked after, ...

What to Read for Your Career Development
There are times when we can’t handle our career management on our own anymore, when career coaching and an outside perspective from a coach are what we need to move ourselves and our career forward to have that extra push ...

What To Maybe NOT Say on Boss’s Day
It’s that time of year again. Did you know October 16 is Boss’s Day in the U.S.?

What Marathon Training Taught Me About Work
The 2018 Chicago Marathon is less than one month away and as I reach the peak of my training and start to taper before the race, I’m reflecting on what this experience has taught me (because, you know, I’ve got ...

The Secret to More Productive Days
Productivity is like the holy grail, the code to the meaning of life that we are all still trying to crack. It might be the one thing that companies and employees are trying to get right at the same time ...

How Old Were You When You Died?
“Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75,” said Ben Franklin, who then went out, all zesty for life, and became a founding father of the country (and found himself firmly emblazoned on the $100 bill). Nietzsche likely ...

Culture Killer: ONBOARDING
#131 of the 17,000 Ways We Can Wreck Our Company’s Culture

Would You Hire You?
The person you are today, not the you that showed up on your first day.

Work Has a Serious PR Problem
I wonder when work first became a “four-letter word.” When did people start hating their jobs? Was it one of the first hunters, who didn’t really like hunting but had no choice, it was hunt or go hungry? Whoever was ...

I’m Suffering from Vacation Withdrawal
A. K. A. How to Come Back to Work After Vacation