Right now, just be.
Yes, I am giving you permission to stop what you’re doing. I promise, as urgent or as important as it might be, it will still be there waiting for you – and the world will not crumble if you stop…(I dare you to find out for yourself).
Now take a deep breath in [...]
I’ve felt my heart sink quite a few times in the past few weeks. More and more, I’m reading about people who admit to either feeling forced to go back to work; or feeling that they have to take any job offer that comes their way; or feeling that they must stay at a job [...]
For those of you who haven’t heard, last week was important for job hoppers around the world. UpMo, an online service with the tag line: GPS Your Career, turned 1!
Taken from their website:
“Your greatest risk during tough times is not unemployment; it’s the risk of losing career control and direction.”
As a self-proclaimed strategic job hopper, [...]
The world needs more people like Jacqueline Novogratz, the founder and CEO of Acumen Fund.
Here’s why.
“Part of the journey that those of us who are privileged, which is pretty much everyone in this country, has to make is not being embarrassed by privilege or guilty for privilege or confused by privilege, but to start from [...]
(This post is part of a pact I made. Click here for the full story.)
Meet Pablo. A Colombian who grew up in Cali, the world’s passion capital.
In spite of living in the US since 10th grade, passion continues to run through his veins. As he wrote to me: “Ever since I remember it has been my [...]
Reasons are all those things that support your long-term goals. Excuses are all those things that don’t. Learn to tell the difference.
(That’s what I’ve been saying to myself for the past three days every time I’ve craved a coffee – or anything caffeine-related. The question is: for how long will I be able to keep [...]
(This post is part of a pact I made. Click here for the full story.)
It’s time for you to meet Jo. Jo’s lead is quite interesting to follow. Had you met Jo a few years ago, most probably it would have been at a hospital and she would’ve introduced herself to you as ‘Dr. Martin’. Had you [...]
In the 6th century BC, Lao Tzu, the Chinese philosopher and central figure of Taoism, said:
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
To Lao’s words I’d like to add:
”That journey is completed a (baby) step at a time.”
(shame Lao didn’t get to see Bill Murray starring in “What About Bob?”)
History lesson aside, [...]
(This post is part of a pact I made. Click here for the full story.)
Meet Victor. For twenty years Victor was an entrepreneur. Now, after he switched career lanes, he works with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD as part of the team of computer engineers that is responsible for developing software for flight [...]
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