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We all know people who make it look easy: the gifted presenter; the decisive leader; the calm, steady manager; the confident networker.  You would think they were born with the charisma and [...]

The Wright Brothers failed and failed and failed to get their early aircrafts sustainably airborne.  Edison successfully discovered 1000 ways NOT to make a light bulb, Einstein failed half his [...]

We live in a fix-it culture.  Advertising, educators, the web all seem to be sending out the same subliminal message: there’s something wrong with you, and you need to fix it. If you tend to pay [...]

Lauren Bacon (LaurenBacon.com) and Elizabeth Crook answer a question from one of Lauren’s readers about how to decide when it’s time to step away from the comforts of a corporate job, [...]

Have you ever done something over and over again even though it wasn’t good for you?  I know I have. I’m not talking alcohol, drugs, gambling or sex. I’m talking about my relationship to computer [...]

Vows are a good thing, right?  We make them to each other at the altar, we vow to be good, to never eat another fudge brownie again, we vow to be caring mothers, good friends, we vow to be honest [...]

Most of us are constantly looking for the Yes!!  We want success, a great career, enough money to be comfortable and enough time-off to have joy in our lives. We want the YES . . . Yes! I will [...]

LEAP:  (Verb) – Jump or spring a long way to a great height or with great force Leap.  Just the word sounds dangerous. What image comes to your mind when you think about a leap?  Since I’m a [...]

Dreams are relatively easy when you’re younger.  It seems like you have all the time in the world, anything is possible, and the bloom of youth on your side.  But as you get older, dreams can be [...]

If I could just do what I’m good at I could make more money, be more productive, improve morale around me and be on the road to saying YIPPEE about what I do!! Are you in a career you love, but [...]