Big dreams and scary leaps: How I quit my job

triumphant girl

This is a story about dreaming big. This is a story about taking a chance and growing into the person you need to be to make things happen.

Why Denzel Washington told Penn grads to fail (and why we should, too)

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“I had to come exactly because I might make a fool of myself,” said Washington. “I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Nothing.”

6 Common mistakes that can ruin your relationship

Two tense people having it out

Tolstoy famously said “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I disagree. Most people are unhappy in the same ways, and it’s mostly due to making the same few mistakes.

Productivity for procrastinators: how to focus

An elaborate to-do list

Know what you need to do but can’t make yourself get to work? Here’s how to beat procrastination, get things done, and start enjoying your work.

What’s worse than lizard brain, and how to keep it from holding you back

iguana chillin' in a tree

Some think fear comes from our lizard brain, but my lizard was intrepid, determined, and bold. I say fear comes from our second grade brain. Here’s what to do about it.

New Ebook: How to be Happy (No Fairy Dust or Moonbeams Required)

Do you wish you could enjoy life more? Do you feel like something is missing, like there has to be more to life? At the same time, do you feel guilty for being dissatisfied when you could have it much worse? You need to know this stuff!

Wait, don’t jump out of the plane after all! (an alternate view on fear)

Everybody’s talking about confronting your fear head-on and jumping out of planes. What to make of someone advising the opposite?

10 Tips for Getting Out of Your Own Way

You want to do something, but… you put it off, you think about all the things that could go wrong, maybe you talk yourself out of trying at all. If you would just get out of your own way, imagine what you could accomplish! Here are 10 tips to help.

Making your dreams come true: where the rubber meets the road

What would make your life something to savor? What would make you feel like a genius of life-rocking awesomeness? If you knew you were dying, you would do whatever it took to make it happen. Well, guess what? We’re all dying.