March 2010

The other night I had the most vivid dream. I was talking on my cell phone while at this dry, dusty, fenced-in dog park…but for jaguars. JAGUARS. A Peek Inside My Crazy Brain Dream: There were a handful of other jaguar handlers standing around the perimeter of the park watching their giant felines, and I [...]

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Well, folks – spring is in the air! It’s about time we ditch winter and leap into days full of sunshine and unicorns. No unicorns? Okay fine, let’s get excited about the good weather anyway. The sun is shining, the days are long, and everyone seems to shed a few layers of clothing (guys rejoice: [...]

Note: This post first appeared on Life After College in December of 2008. I normally don’t re-post, but the topic came up during a coaching call today and I felt compelled to share this post again (especially since many of you may not have seen it the first time). The bottom line: Enough with the [...]

Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide, wrote a fantastic piece for Panorama Magazine a while back about the benefits of travel. He talks about the different states of thinking we engage in while moving, and the cognitive benefits of traveling and getting out of our daily routines. I LOVE the act of traveling for [...]

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I recently did a short 2-minute video for the upcoming Gen-Y Panel at SXSWi 2010 – Why Gen Y Wants to Work ‘With’ You, Not ‘For’ You (led by Ben Smithee, Elysa Rice, Nisha Chittal, Ryan Paugh, and Sydney Owen). In this video I talk about different ways people think about Career Development and give [...]

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It’s time for another Crock-Pot post (yes, I just made that up): sometimes I get hit with so many unrelated miscellaneous links, articles, and cool things to share that I decide to throw it all into a big stew and serve it up. Bon appetite! Happy Thoughts – Delivered Daily I’m a sucker for daily [...]