How to Create Clarity and Achieve Your Goals: 6 Steps to Move from Vague Ideas to Meaningful Action
I just got back from a fundraising conference last week. If you’ve ever been to a big professional conference, you can probably picture the exhibit hall. It’s a seemingly endless maze of booths filled with shiny, happy people. They greet you by your first name as you...
Take the Swing: How Action Beats Fear When Pursuing Big Goals
Pursuing big goals is never easy but sometimes we like to make it even harder. Here’s what I mean. I can’t remember where I heard this the other day—maybe at a conference I was attending or from someone online. They were talking about baseball great Babe Ruth, who was...
Why Success Isn’t Always Satisfying: What Scottie Scheffler Gets Right About Success vs Fulfillment
“This is not a fulfilling life. It’s fulfilling from a sense of accomplishment, but it’s not fulfilling from the deepest places of your heart.” These powerful words came from a Scottie Scheffler interview offering a rare glimpse at how even top-level professional...
Why Rest Is Productive: How Strategic Time Off Boosts Energy, Focus, and Creativity
If you looked at my to-do list from last week, you could make the argument that it wasn’t a productive week. I slept in most days. I didn’t check email, return phone calls, or worry about my calendar. I took a nap on a couple of afternoons. I binged a couple of TV...