I was hanging with another self-employed coach/ writer / speaker friend this past week and we were both having a horrible no-good very bad day. You know, one of those days in which you wonder, “What is it I do?” And you bemoan not becoming a nuclear physicist because at least they know how to [...]
The Farm Fantasy Complete with Yurt
June 28th, 2010 · 16 Comments
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You Do Not Have to Earn your Weirdness
June 15th, 2010 · 19 Comments
Us creative types often feel like misfits, outsiders, weirdos. Our whole entire lives. Because we feel this way, we might decide that unless we do something with our misfitness – preferably something brilliant – all of our suffering and not fitting in has been for naught. There is something so beautiful about this story – [...]
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Godin vs. Estes: Is it Time to Ship or Time to Fill up?
March 18th, 2010 · 17 Comments
First, a Finding the Good Wish Wishing you strength to love the curl of the question mark around your heart patience to wait for the stirring of your confusion to reveal your next leap and most of all, the humility to listen to what wants to be heard. And Now a Thought about Question Marks [...]
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Static-free Authenticity
January 4th, 2010 · 46 Comments
There is SUCH a focus these days on being authentic and being yourself – on expressing your creative truth – in business, in creative pursuits, and in your relationships. If I read another blog post that tells me to just “be myself,” I might have to yank myself bald. “Being yourself,” “being authentic” is now [...]
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