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Five Ways To Accomplish More By Doing Less

Five Ways To Accomplish More By Doing Less

Accomplishing more by doing less – who wouldn’t want that! To accomplish more by doing less involves a simple yet profound transformation: it’s a different way of being in the world. You may, in fact, be no less engaged, but you will be less scattered and distracted,...

3 Questions to Ask Yourself When Making a Career Decision

3 Questions to Ask Yourself When Making a Career Decision

When I am faced with a career decision or question, or when I’m deciding whether or not to pursue or accept a new project, I envision a set of three circles: impact, joy, and financial sustainability. The three questions I ask and answer are: Does my work have...

What Does Joy Have To Do With It?

What Does Joy Have To Do With It?

I was recently sitting in the office of a senior executive of a major corporation in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was a coaching client and we were meeting for the first time.  His eyes looked pained, and his shoulders were slightly hunched when he said, “How did I...

Mindful

Mindful

By Mary Oliver Everyday I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. It was what I was born for — to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world — to instruct myself over and over in...

It’s for Your Benefit

It’s for Your Benefit

It’s the New Year. Happy New Year!  There is much to be grateful for. And there is much suffering, confusion, change, impeachment, and a possible war. Fires raging in Australia, earthquakes, and no signs of moving toward solutions or even recognizing the problem of...