Jan 11, 2013 | Health and Wellness
Why is walking and wandering through the physical world so important? While the architecture of the digital world is equally fascinating–we’re all increasingly inhabiting spaces that don’t have correlating spatial and locational constraints, and the...
Jan 8, 2013 | Business and Entrepreneurship, Communication, Crafting Your Career, Stories
How do you build a sustainable life, what does psychology have to do with cities, and how do you wield the power of learning how to say both yes and no strategically? Did you design your own job? How do you balance a full-time job with all the side projects you want...
Jan 7, 2013 | Annual Review, Balance, Life
Part two of my annual round-up. For part one, check out my annual review for 2012. The last year, or two, weren’t easy–and full of lots of mistakes–but incredible and far better than the first half of my twenties. I’ve mused lately, in my 29th...
Jan 4, 2013 | Annual Review, Life
Pelican on the San Francisco Bay, November 2012 (see below for the photo-behind-the-photo). This is my typical annual review, a process by which I review this blog, my life (although not all of it is shared here), the lessons I’ve learned, and some of the growth...
Dec 25, 2012 | Annual Review, Life, Start Something Project
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and all the love and joy I can send your way over the holidays. Thanks for being here, for building such an amazing community, and for teaching me so many things over the past year. I’ve learned so much from each of you who write...
Dec 19, 2012 | Communication, How People Work, Post-It
Feelings, emotions, troubles and woes: no one is immune, despite the shiny glory of the internet and our addictions to various social-media outlets. I have a handy trick that I’ve used with a lot of success over the past couple of years each time I get...
Dec 10, 2012 | Big Life Questions, Motivation, Post-It
I’ve lived long enough–and talked to enough people–to know that everyone has something. Behind the exterior, behind the face, behind the brilliance or seeming-perfection, there are stories. People have lived through loss, hardship, trauma, and fear;...
Nov 29, 2012 | Business and Entrepreneurship
I saw this go by a few days ago and I had to share it: credit and thanks to Michael Ellsberg for posting it originally. A few updates to the December Giveaway post: all of the slots for Saturday are filled up (they filled up within a couple of hours!) but there are a...
Nov 25, 2012 | Crafting Your Career, Life, Start Something Project
Congratulations to Melissa for winning a copy of Shane Mac’s book, “Stop With The BS” and to Claire and Anne for winning spots to Molly Mahar’s Holiday Council (which starts Monday, November 26th– join me there! I’ll be on the interviews...
Nov 20, 2012 | Big Life Questions
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! May your hearts, minds, families and homes be filled with gratitude and blessings. As part of this season’s focus on gratitude and thanks, I’m doing a huge number of THANKSGIVING GIVEAWAYS! I’m giving away lots of good...
