The Obstacle Is the Way

To start a blog, put your mind in the right place first.

What was your first Big Yes? I was first introduced to this question by the writer Swati Khurana in 2015. When I think of the first Big Yes, I think of the moment that marks the first big shift...

An honest look at my writing process

If you keep an open mind, there's more chance you'll catch the big ideas.

A thought piece on what it takes to truly be great and what that even means in the first place.

Will you let competition make you or break you?

Somewhere along the path of growing up we forgot that it’s ok to play, and to not be great at something straight away.

by @SylviaDuckworth on Instagram.

Have you ever felt like your dreams are bigger than you are? Like wanting to travel to exotic places or become a millionaire or write a best-selling book? Dreams so grand, so distant, they seem like stars glittering and unreachable in the night.

Productivity is one heck of a battle for any writer, especially when fear and resistance want to take hold of you and make it that you don’t write. I don’t believe in writer’s block, and neither should you. A lot of the time — all the time, writer’s block is actually fear dressed up, and it can kill your productivity.

Begin paying very close attention to your physical and emotional reactions during your workday or any time you’re doing something for your career. Rethink the phrase, “Go big or go home.” Reflect on the phrase, “Success is a series of small victories.”

Consider this your heads up.

Sometimes, the most productive thing you can do is walk away

The future can be scary, but there are ways to deal with that fear

No one is born a master. (That means you.)

Less congestion is always a huge plus.

There are two states of being: surviving and thriving. To survive is to limit downside, to eliminate the risk of ruin — it means fulfilling our basic need for food and shelter and companionship. Thriving is different: It’s an attempt to transcend a state of existence not out of fear but out of desire and yearning.

Having a dream is a great place to start.

Do them today.