Some preparation, however slight, lowers your stress level.   Your readiness may not eliminate the noise the day presents, but it will improve your ability to push through it.   You’ve sorted priorities and gained greater mental clarity.   You know what you need to do first, second and third; you’ve front loaded the high value work. Some…

Find meaning in failure.  It’s a signal, not a verdict.  Resist the urge to quickly fix things.  Sit in your discomfort and listen to what failure can tell you.  Read your setbacks as signs.  What you once honored that no longer works.  The shift, however slight, that you sense you need to take.  A direction…

Aunt Jane told me I was a prodigy.   That’s a heavy burden to place on any kid.   It makes you feel you must fulfill that expectation.  Fortunately, I joined the larger world and learned to shed the weight of pressure from Aunt Jane and others, as well as those I placed on myself.  I’m not…

We live within an internet war of words.  We talk too much, post too much, and forget about reasoned restraint. We drift, describing observations and questions in the context of judgment or personal attacks, and fail to separate facts from mere opinions. The problem is that when we overtalk, we eventually say something dumb or…

I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do. – James Baldwin I need not accept what you say just because it was well-worded and well-argued.   What you do speaks volumes. Talk is cheap.  Show me.

You don’t have to climb Mt. Everest, or swim with sharks, or have sex with a stranger to push beyond your comfort zone. Start small, with an area of your life where you’ve held back, where you’ve created self-imposed limits, where you’ve built obstacles to fulfilling your dreams. Take a small step forward and start…