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    You Need A Bigger World: How To Stop Letting Small Stuff Consume You

    That statement, or idea, might seem too simple on paper, but give me a few minutes to explain what I mean. Then you can go ahead and poo-poo it if it still doesn’t fit. Think of that feeling when you’re stuck. Like you’re not making progress, not even a little bit. Or worse, you feel completely out of control. Your mind starts drifting into places it has no business being, and before you know it, you’ve become consumed by someone else’s foolishness.  OK, I’ll give you an example of my own. I planned to edit a key chapter. Or maybe it was a blog post, or a note, even. I’d…

  • Staying Grounded in “The Gap” Between Now and What’s Next

    Thereโ€™s that odd and uncomfortable space between your current life and the life youโ€™re still chasing โ€” and sometimes even between who you are and who you know you could be. And I donโ€™t mean youโ€™re ready to trade in your life as a GenXer, corporate baddie, whose kids are grown and almost flown, to become Dr. Jean Grey from Marvel. Able to read peopleโ€™s minds or control their thoughts. While that does sound delicious, itโ€™s not the direction Iโ€™m headed in. Iโ€™m talking about that gap, that itch for the โ€˜thingsโ€™ you continue to want to grab a hold of and run with, to stop it from slipping away.…