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I just realized I’m not. And I realized it in the best way possible.  I was in Nashville, Tennessee on a Saturday night, eating barbeque in a cozy house listening to the most hip-shaking, soul [...]

“But my work is not who I am and frankly I’m not willing to put in the hours like my friends Beth and Ed for something that doesn’t represent my essence.”  Sarah, a pretty thirty-something is [...]

Pat pulled open the file drawer in her bedroom.  Ten manila folders were hanging there, each neatly labeled with the names of the Girl Scout badges we were working on: Cooking, Adventurer, [...]

Over the years, I’ve helped hundreds of people branch out into new territory to discover their Yippee.  They’ve started new businesses, switched careers, learned to love their old jobs, sold [...]

The Night-Blooming Cereus is a small wonder of nature.  Once a year on a summer’s night it produces a spectacular white blossom with a tantalizing fragrance that lasts only one night.  My first [...]

At the end of the year do you make New Year’s Resolutions?  Many people do.  For some it’s a time to feel hopeful for a chance to start over.  For others a time for self-recrimination [...]

Christmas is less than a week away! Regardless of what you celebrate, everyone is abuzz: parties, presents, food, family, friends.  And expectations.  This time of year everyone has expectations [...]

“There is nothing so precious as our sense of worth” – Elizabeth Crook In my consulting business, the end of the year is a time to renew agreements with client companies.  We look at [...]

A couple of weeks ago John, one of my all time favorite clients, called me up almost in tears.  John is a teddy bear of a guy, the size of a linebacker with a genius IQ.  As a successful software [...]

Is this you? I haven’t been happy at this for the past five or six years. I didn’t really choose this career. I don’t even know what I want to do. Every time I think about leaving it, I feel [...]