It will happen to you. Without a doubt. At some point, you’ll be told, “You need to move more.” Hopefully it won’t be coming from a doctor who has just diagnosed you with diabetes, gout, … Continue reading Walking and Running to Improve Your Writing
Improve Your Writing in 5 Days
You’re stuck. It’s inevitable. At some point in your professional journey, you’re going to hit the learning plateau. At first, you fall victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect. You think you’re better than you are. But … Continue reading Improve Your Writing in 5 Days
You Are Not Broken
YOU ARE NOT BROKEN You are not broken. There is nothing wrong with you, no deficiency to overcome. Let me tell you what you don’t need. You don’t need “self-help” gurus. You don’t need vision … Continue reading You Are Not Broken
Reframing Time to Uncover Your Identity
WHAT DAY IS IT? I feel like I’m losing it. Not just because I’m approaching 50 years old, and that’s when we start to lose track of things. It’s happening to me daily and I … Continue reading Reframing Time to Uncover Your Identity
The 30-day CHANGE MY FRAME Challenge
Before we get into this month’s essay, I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you who provided me with feedback on January’s essay. Some of you loved it. Some of you hated … Continue reading The 30-day CHANGE MY FRAME Challenge
The Frame: Where to Place Your Focus
You, and only you, are responsible for your life and what you create. And in deciding what you want, by default, you are deciding what you don’t want. The modern myth of “having it all” … Continue reading The Frame: Where to Place Your Focus
Everything works until it doesn’t.
This is the short version. I’m still working on the long version for those who want to hear it. I’ve always been “skinny.” I had a “high metabolism” as my high school soccer coach used … Continue reading Everything works until it doesn’t.
When things don’t go your way.
Sometimes it comes out of the blue, completely unexpected, almost as if you’re being blindsided by a truck. This happens in business quite often, and it happens in life as well. You believe you have … Continue reading When things don’t go your way.
Beating Resistance.
When I was planning to come to Nashville this summer for a Story Grid event, I knew that Steven Pressfield was going to be in attendance. Shawn Coyne and Tim Grahl had arranged for Steven … Continue reading Beating Resistance.
Getting stung.
My wife and I enjoy taking evening walks through our neighborhood. While I abhor winters in Cleveland, I feel fortunate to live in an older, inner-ring suburb that has tree-lined streets and sidewalks—a throwback to … Continue reading Getting stung.