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I was honored to be chosen to speak at SXSW this year.
Writing Your Next Act was a full session attended by a diverse audience of restless, successfuls looking for the next step in their career. A great reminder that we all experience transitions in our work, passions, and focus. The question is – are you leveraging your transitions to get you where you want to go?
We’ll share the video when it’s ready, but if you a curious about the specific content, you can click here for a summary.
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Sometimes we think we have to do a lot or change a lot to get where we want to go. But lately a different approach has made a big impact for both me and my clients. The best part? It doesn’t involve looking outside of yourself for solutions. Continue reading
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I hope you had a wonderful holiday week last week full of good food, great times with family and friends, and some rest!
Several friends and clients have been intrigued by a practice I do annually called Best Year Yet.
The book 
“Your Best Year Yet!” by Jinny S. Ditzler asks 10 questions to help you get clear on your wins and challenges during the past year while also helping you focus your energy and efforts in the year ahead in a way that will make it …(badumbum) Your Best Year Yet.
Since most of you are still on vacation, I encourage you to take advantage of this time to do some insightful planning for the year ahead.
You’re probably inundated with books, articles and other resources right now to help you plan your 2015. But the simplicity and flexibility of Best Year Yet keep me coming back to it. Working through the questions takes three or four hours. I recommend giving yourself four hours, and I encourage you to go through the process with a friend, spouse or colleague. As I’ve done Best Year Yet, I’ve found that sharing someone else brings about more insights.
Some of the things I learned when I answered the questions this year: Continue reading
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It’s December. The holidays are here in full force. How do you feel? Is the gratitude practice working? Still feeling pulled in a million directions? Like there isn’t enough time to catch your breath, let alone do all of the things you’ve planned?
And, just to ratchet up the tension a little bit more, this is the time of year when most of us start thinking about our next year–our big plans, our goals, our gotta-make-it-happen’s for 2015.
We have a solution to help you focus.
You know how November goes.
An eye blink from now, we’ll be in the holiday whirl of shopping, traveling, eating, drinking and gathering.
And then it’s the end of the year. Already. I know.
Before it all starts, I invite you to reclaim Thanksgiving as a time to get some perspective and connect with others.
We pay a lot of lip service to gratitude this time of year. But I want to invite you to take it deeper. Continue reading
