It can feel nearly impossible to thrive in uncertainty. Uncertainty is uncomfortable, even painful at times. “Pain is weakness leaving the body.” ~ Justin Taylor, personal trainer I grunted and snorted as I tried to do the “crab walk” across the gym floor. My arms and legs were already blown from 45 minutes of weight training…
Creativity
The Key to Branding
Everyone wants to know what the key to branding is, as it’s foundational to our identity as creators. “I walked alongside the wildflowers and remembered who I am.” ~ Susie deVille I have begun to lay the brick for the next phase of my journey as an author, speaker, and entrepreneur coach. I’m being careful with…
How to Go All In
What makes you feel like you can’t go all in? What holds you back? “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” ~ Vincent Van Gogh After nearly fifteen months on the mountaintop, cut off from traveling and experiencing the world of art, I broke free yesterday and drove to Atlanta to the Van…
Ray Dalio’s Secret to Success
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald If a billionaire walked up to you on the street and said that he knew the secret to success, what would you guess his secret…
The Key to Transformation
The key to transformation might be surprising, and might require us to look within. “We make self-doubt mean something negative about our talent, our ideas,our creativity. What we’re capable of. Not true. In order for us to achieve our goals,we have to peel off all the stuff that is not us first. The discord of the…
Say Who You Are
“Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work.” ~ Charlie Kaufman What is the single biggest obstacle in the way of your success and/or personal happiness? I asked my audience and the prevailing themes were vulnerability, having the courage to be our true selves, and prying off the sticky expectations of…
