As I write this, polls are just closing on the east coast and won’t close on the west for a few hours. Tomorrow will arrive no matter what we know and don’t. Don’t get me wrong, the outcome of the election matters. It matters a lot. But your goals,...
I listened to a great poetry reading this weekend and heard this amazing line: “Opportunity doesn’t knock on my door, she lives here. I made room for her.” – Kim B. Miller Manifesting what you want is not about making a vision board and then...
Today I start a new decade. But it totally snuck up on me. I never actually celebrated the last one so it has seemed like I’ve been 40 for 20 years. Not lying about my age ever but internally, utterly unaware and unconcerned. Covid-19 has made me more aware but...
Being uncomfortable is, well, uncomfortable. Unpleasant. Undesirable. And yet, it’s the source of innovation. We feel compelled to get out of the discomfort and so we explore and try things. Sometimes we try anything to get to a comfortable place. The...
In the start-up world, a frequent mantra is “Fail, forward, fast.” To those who don’t live in that space, in other words most of us, it sounds strange. For most of us, the goal is success, not failure. But what if success comes from failure? From...
It’s been more than 90 days since quarantine started. Places are opening up. The virus is still with us and increasing in half the country, while many are fighting for racial and social justice. We have made it this far and have a long way to go. For the foreseeable...
