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Never Give Up? Really? You Should Never Give Up.

The Lie We Tell About Persistence You've heard the story a thousand times. The person who never gave up. Kept going no matter what. Finally succeeded. It's an inspiring story. And it's incomplete. The truth? People who succeed quit more than people who fail. They just...

Why the MVP Method Matters for Managing Your Career

Why the MVP Method Matters for Managing Your Career is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework...

The Most Important Thing When Choosing a Career

The Most Important Thing When Choosing a Career is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around...

How to Build a Meaningful and Happy Career

How to Build a Meaningful and Happy Career is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it,...

Managing Your Career Like a Startup

Managing Your Career Like a Startup is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it gets...

Managing Your Career Like a Startup

Managing Your Career Like a Startup is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it gets...

When Life Gives Beyoncé a Cheating Jay-Z, She Makes Lemonade

The Constraint as an Asset Lemonade stands exist because kids had lemons and wanted money. No business training. No market research. Just: I have this thing. People might want it. That's how innovation actually happens. Not in boardrooms planning the perfect product....

Leadership in the New World of Work

Leadership in the New World of Work is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it gets...

How to Build a Career You Find Interesting and Enjoyable

How to Build a Career You Find Interesting and Enjoyable is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a...

How to Say No

There's a question that comes up constantly in my conversations with people: how do you say no without feeling guilty? How do you say no without seeming unhelpful?Here's the thing: you're asking the wrong question.The question isn't how to say no without guilt. The...

How to Receive Feedback and Stay Alive

How to Receive Feedback and Stay Alive is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it...

How to Handle Criticism at Work

You did the work. You showed it to your boss. Or your colleague. Or your team. And they tore it apart. Not harshly, maybe. But clearly. The problems are obvious to them. The gaps are big. What you thought was good? Not good enough. Now what? The Automatic Reactions...

How to Choose the Right Job

How to Choose the Right Job is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it gets...

How to Choose a Career in the New World

Everyone wants to know the secret to choosing the right career. And every advice book will tell you the same thing: find your ikigai. Follow your passion. Do what you love. Good advice. Terrible instructions. Why the Traditional Answer Fails The problem with "follow...

How to Handle Hardship at Work

How to Handle Hardship at Work is one of those things everyone knows about but nobody really understands.You know it matters. You feel it affects your work, your career, your life. But when you try to explain it to someone, or build a framework around it, it gets...

Get Serious. Suffer More. Thank Me Later.

There's this idea that if you take things seriously, life gets harder. If you commit to something, you suffer more. So maybe the secret is to not care too much. Keep things light. Stay flexible. Avoid commitment.This is nonsense. Actually, the opposite is true. When...