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3 Ways to Know When to Push Yourself Harder and When to Let Yourself Off the Hook
Many people I talk to are concerned that they’re not pushing themselves hard enough. They either feel like they’re not trying hard enough to make their current job work, or they worry they aren’t doing enough to transition into a new one. There’s certainly a lot of...
From Archaeologist to Designer: How One Man Made an Unusual Pivot to Find Work He’s Excited About
I know how helpful it can be to hear about people like you who have made successful career changes, especially those who have overcome common challenges along the way. With that in mind, this week I want to share with you Jeff Leon’s story so you can learn exactly how...
Why It’s Hard to Make a Change—And How to Make It Easier
I had a humbling moment the other day when I went to do my year-end review. I was feeling stressed out by the list of things I wanted to take care of before the New Year, which was getting longer rather than shorter with each passing day. I was convinced I wouldn’t...
The One Thing You Absolutely Need to Find Your Calling (And the Best Place to Find It)
If you still aren’t doing work you love, you’ve probably developed a good story about what you’re missing in order to explain why that is. Maybe it’s that you don’t have enough time, money, or energy to find work you’d enjoy. Perhaps it’s that you don’t have the right...
A Simple, Easy Way to Clarify Your Purpose (Including How to Write a Personal Mission Statement)
Some people know their life’s purpose from an early age. I am not one of them. For me, purpose was more like a spleen: I knew I had one, and I recognized that it was probably helpful, but I had no clear idea of what it was or how it worked. As a result, it seemed...
How to Create in the Face of Rejection (A Personal Story)
“Some things have to be believed to be seen.” --Madeleine L’Engel When I was 12, I wrote a novel. I don’t really remember what I was thinking at the time. I had written a few short stories, then ventured a longer piece that filled up an entire notebook. My best guess...
5 Fun and Free Ways to Identify Your Superpowers
We all have them: powerful capabilities bestowed by some freak accident that give us the power to vanquish evil and save the world. Okay, or—perhaps more likely for most of us—they’re incredible talents that we were born with under more normal circumstances, and that...
The 5 Steps to Finding Your Calling
It’s not easy to find the work you’re meant to do in the world. You have to get to know yourself really well. You have to become willing to make mistakes and risk failure. And you have to take tentative, often awkward steps into the unknown. That is, if you even know...
What If I Don’t Have the Right Skills or Experience for What I Want to Do?
I hear this question a lot from people facing career change. Sometimes the people asking this question are somewhat early on in their careers and only have experience in one field. Other times they have lots of experience but the change they want to make feels like a...
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The Magic Words for Unlocking Happiness (at Work or Anywhere Else)
Quick announcement: Pathfinders Group Coaching is now open for enrollment. Designed for people who want to identify the type of work they’re meant to do in the world and start actually doing it, Pathfinders of one of my most cost effective programs. Find out more and...
The Adventures of Little One: An Excerpt
Following is the first chapter in The Adventures of Little One: Eye-Opening Tales from the First Hero's Journey, a new book written to help anyone longing to feel a greater sense of purpose overcome the obstacles and find their way to meaningful and satisfying work. ...
How to Find Your Most Fulfilling Career (a podcast)
I recently recorded a podcast with David Papa of Love and Profit. David is a friend who's done a lot of work helping people bring more heart into their work. His superpower is helping others connect with the joy, wisdom, and genius that exists within all of us (yes,...
Career Change Success Story: How to Move Beyond the Devil That You Know
Change is hard. For most of us, no matter how much part of us wants to make a change, there’s another part that for whatever reason seems bent on staying stuck in the status quo. As a result, we procrastinate, convince ourselves it’s not even worth trying, or find...
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