What if you could turn perfectionism from a foe into a friend? I started asking myself that question after years of constantly wrestling with perfectionism. It led me to an interesting creative exercise: I invited perfectionism to have a conversation with me. What...

How do you begin to untangle your accomplishments from your identity after a lifetime of overachieving? My guest, Mary Marantz, is a podcaster, entrepreneur, and bestselling author of the book, Dirt. Mary grew up in small rural town in West Virginia, and from an early...

Why is staying motivated during a goal so difficult? When your motivation for a new goal disappears, the temptation may be to believe that you've picked the wrong goal to work on, but most of the time, I don't think that's the issue at all. Motivation is notoriously...

Greg Mckeown joined me this week for a speical two-part episode to help answer the question "Do big goals have to be painfully difficult "to count?" Greg is a speaker, podcast host, and author of the recently released book, Effortless, and he doesn't think your most...

Have you ever convinced yourself that to achieve a big goal, it has to be painfully difficult or it doesn’t count? There aren’t many people that take committing to the essential things in life more seriously than Greg McKeown. Maybe you’ve heard him on the What’s...

There are a limited number of universal truths in the world, but I think we can all agree on this: Nobody likes a boring graduation speech. That's why this week's podcast episode is my version of what I think all commencement speeches should be: practical, fun, and in...