Nov 8, 2012 | Crafting Your Career, Health and Wellness, Professional Development, Reading List
It’s November, the season of gratitude–one of my favorite seasons. In the spirit of gratefulness, thanks, and learning, I’ll be giving away prizes with almost every single post all throughout November. Some of the things I have to give away include a copy...
Sep 17, 2012 | Crafting Your Career, Health and Wellness, Motivation, Organization+Strategy
Show up. Every day, or as often as needs to be done. Figure out the schedule. Perhaps it’s once a week. It’s not about extremes. It’s not about doing a magnanimous or extraordinary thing on one singular day, or in one moment. It’s the...
Aug 5, 2012 | Communication, Crafting Your Career, Life, Professional Development, Stories
Option 1: Landscape Architect, Explorer What do I do? I never know how to answer this question. Do I start with swimming? Architecture? Writing? All of the people and things and quirks I love about San Francisco? My incessant love of traveling? I’m never sure...
Jul 5, 2012 | Annual Review, Crafting Your Career, Travel, WDS
INDEPENDENCE. WHAT IS IT? A year ago, I went to one of my first conferences I’ve ever attended—aptly titled, “The World Domination Summit.” (Try telling your parents and your colleagues about this one. Bemused looks and strange faces ensued.) I went...
May 21, 2012 | Business and Entrepreneurship, Crafting Your Career, Life, Motivation, Professional Development
Quick update: Thanks to everyone who voted in the last survey! The results are in, and it looks like the books I’ll be reviewing are Chris Guillebeau’s $100 StartUp and Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine; I’m also primed to focus on my next new...
May 3, 2012 | Crafting Your Career, Professional Development
How can I be better? Nearly every day, this is a question I struggle with. Today is impermanent, imperfect, temporary. We can always be better. What will you focus on? How can you get better? I write every week, almost every day, in an effort to become a better and...
