Three reasons why you need a mentor
Mentorship is a valuable career accelerator. As you grow in your career, it becomes increasingly important to have a guide who can offer radical candor, empathetic listening and even a key to open doors for new jobs and networks. That…
Three Coping Skills I Learned from a Five-Year-Old
A few weeks ago, my oldest kid started soccer. He’s five, like most of his teammates, and the experience is as adorable and hilarious as you’d expect. Despite all this delight, my wife and I screwed up is very first…
Three Things to Consider when Planning a Career Change
Over the past few years I’ve had conversations with friends and colleagues about changing careers. Frequently, it’s with journalists seeking to take a leap into public relations and communications. Other times, its more junior team members who are evaluating career…
Three Ways to Make Your Own Luck
Growing personally and professionally in service of your community’s needs takes a little bit of luck. In our lives we will meet mentors and sponsors at dinner parties or sporting events who end up opening doors in our careers. Circles…
Four Professional Lessons from Making a Big Purchase in my Personal Life
Throughout our life, there will be times when we make a big purchase, like buying a car or purchasing your first home. When big amounts of money are involved, it’s easy to get stressed. Momentum and pressure can take hold…
Three Adaptability Lessons from Pasta
Pasta can teach us things like being resilience and having a growth mindset.
Seven tips for when you have to speak truth to power
Managing up is part of peoples’ jobs. Being able to respond to superiors when you don’t agree with their position is a key skill. Many organizations foster this sort of feedback – particularly those that recognize the importance of radical…
Three Growth Mindset Tips from Old People at Swimming Pools
One of my lifetime goals is to cultivate an unbreakable and everlasting growth mindset. This is on display in swimming pools. Especially with senior citizens. Watching an elderly person dive off the 10-meter platform into the pool (or just to…
Four Leadership Lessons from Show Me a Hero
Show Me a Hero is an HBO mini-series classic. Based on a book by New York Times writer Lisa Belkin and written by David Simon and William F Zorzo, the series explores the political career of Nick Wasicsko, the youngest…
How to Cultivate an Owners Mindset
Today I turn 38 years old. Well into my late-30s and with a stronger sense of myself, I find myself reflecting daily about how I show up as a parent, colleague, friend, and leader in my community. Academics like Carol…