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Is life happening to you or through you?

The victim's role is enticing. When the story you tell yourself is that life is happening to you, you're off the hook. "People and forces beyond my control are conspiring against me, oh woe is me." You might even seduce a few friends and family to take pity ...

The thing about inserting the phrase "all well and good" into a sentence is that it's never the end of the statement. You never see it punctuated with a period. "All well and good" is always followed by "but" and then some contradictory statement.

I hear it most often when colliding with profession...

Human beings are fascinating. 

We work. All living things seek and capture energy to produce or accomplish things. This, after all, is what distinguishes living things from inanimate ones.

But only humans endeavor as a means for building identity, forging meaning, and pursuing work's opposite, lei...

When I look back on my life's journey, my knee-jerk response is that I reinvented myself many times over the years.

The once juvenile delinquent turned into a jock, then turned into an honors student, then turned into a scholarship recipient, then turned into a teacher, then turned into a husband, ...

What is the work you're meant to do now?

Not the work you were born to do. None of us are born for a single purpose.

All of us are born with a social nature, a capacity for reason, and a creative instinct. Why not employ these impulses in the human work of making things better?

That's the real wo...

How often do you answer the questions, "What do you think's going to happen next?" or "What should we do next?" with "I have no idea. Isn't that great?!"

If you're like me, probably not very often.

Human beings are fascinating. We love to push ourselves beyond the edges of our understanding and ab...

I know of no more powerful levers for encouraging either stuckness or progress in your endeavor.

Unhelpful, unnecessary, or unhealthy habits lead to stagnation and impede your efforts to elevate your craft.

Thoughtless, unsupportive, or negative people trip you up and hold you back.
It's seductive ...

Are you a generous, thoughtful, and empathetic human being?

Of course you are.

You acknowledge the dignity of others and believe they are deserving of your respect and kindness.

And, of course, you extend this sense of value and worthiness toward yourself, right?

Embracing our own in...

Creativity is a basic human impulse we all employ whenever we want to make a difference or make change happen.

Creativity is always a collaborative act. Even when you engage in creative enterprise alone, you employ knowledge and resources that come from others.

Creativity begins to elevate t...

When was the last time you had a revelation? What was it? Why was it so astounding?

When you zoom out from an epiphany, often the only thing that's a surprise is the fact that it's come as a such a shock.

Most of the time, a revelation is something we've seen, heard, or experienced many times befo...

What new routines or relationships would promote progress in the difference only you can make? Are you instituting them today?

Too often, we schedule a time to adopt, embrace, and initiate better habits and connections in the future. "I'll start tomorrow (or next week, or next month, or next year)....