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...
Feb 3, 2012 | Business and Entrepreneurship, Crafting Your Career, Motivation
Hiking through urban Taipei, Taiwan as part of a landscape project. You’re probably heard the phrase before: When the going gets tough … the tough get going. Sometimes, when the going gets tough, I want to head home, curl up in my favorite blankets, turn...
Jan 31, 2012 | Business and Entrepreneurship, Motivation, Post-It, Professional Development
“Achievement is rarely is in line with expectation; and if it is, dream bigger.” Each time you cross the threshold and reach a goal; a goal set forth determinedly by your younger self, you may encounter both a sense of satisfaction and a sense of gnawing...
Jan 8, 2012 | Annual Review, Motivation
What a year. First, a huge thank you for everything and everyone wonderful from December: it was the surprise ending to an already-unforgettable year. I was blown away by the shout-out on Pro Blogger and the response to the recent Do Something: Slide Share...
Dec 20, 2011 | Annual Review, Crafting Your Career, Motivation, Things-That-Could-Turn-Into-Books
I’m sitting on an airplane, staring out the window, reflecting on the year past and how quickly it seems to have gone by, and thinking about all the adventures I’ve been on. December is a time of pause: we can stop and look back, and, if we really do our...
Nov 15, 2011 | Life, Motivation
There comes a few moments each year, when I stand in front of my desk and I watch pieces start to float together. Articles I’ve written six months earlier come to light online and in print; books I’ve designed years ago get transfered from manuscript to...
