I’ve talked about setting a small number of daily priorities before. Most days the 6-7 daily priorities feel like enough. Once in a while, they don’t. Today is one of those days.I’ve learned my stress spikes to an unhealthy level when the number exceeds 7. Today I was tempted to add an 8th and maybe […]
I promise you that was not a clickbait email subject. It felt like one as I wrote it though 🙂These past few weeks I’ve been experiencing something. I can’t remember experiencing it before.It was subtle at first. Earlier this year, I found myself fighting it for a while.However, Tuesday I figured out what I was […]
Do you fit in?Do you want to fit in?What does fitting in even mean?Fit into what?What are you trying to fit into?Why are you trying to fit into it?What are you sacrificing to fit in?I’ve never felt like i fit in. one of my earliest memories reminds me of this. My friend’s grandfather took us […]
I’m writing this to you on my flight home from Madrid. Weather permitting, I’ll be home by the time you read this.This week I joined a new project. It’s called Aragon. Aragon is a blockchain project. Our goal is to build tools that allow people to build their own ”unstoppable organizations”.I spent this week on-boarding with […]
This week felt hopeful. I’m not as exhausted at the end of it, as I was the past two weeks.This week I gave myself permission to take Thursday and Friday off from work. Yesterday I spent the day riding my bike with a friend. I spent most of today hanging-out with my 2.5 year old […]
Are you doing the work you’re intended to do? Or are you doing the work someone else intends you to do?I spent most of my career doing the latter. I was doing the work other people told me I was supposed to be doing. It was an unhappy time.I developed unhealthy coping mechanisms to deal […]
Or maybe it’s not…Have you ever experienced this? My sense is many entrepreneurs have, in some form or another.It usually sounds something like -THIS is the project I’ve been looking for!THIS is the opportunity of a lifetime!THIS, finally, is the one that’s going to hit BIG!Until it doesn’t.I’ve experienced this many times. It’s happened a […]
I’m writing this on vacation with the family. We’re visiting the same place for the fourth time in five years. The only year we skipped it was when our son was born.Returning here reminded me Just Rolling with It’s three year birthday passed earlier this month. Just Rolling with It was born October 31, 2014.I […]
I’ve written about my biggest career mistake. It was thinking what I did for work had to make me miserable. You can read more about my biggest career mistake here.A couple recent conversations got me thinking about another big career mistake. This one is working with people who make me miserable.The two go hand-in-hand. You […]
I see a therapist once a week. I’ve been doing this for almost four years now.Who me, see a therapist?Here’s my old view of therapy -“Who, me? I don’t need to see a therapist. There’s nothing WRONG with me!”Today I talk about going to therapy openly, freely and without shame. My therapist’s become an essential […]
I used to chase the dream.You know the one.Or, at least I think you do.It’s the one that goes like this.Go to school. Get “good” grades, so you can get into a “good” college. Maybe a “good” college isn’t “good” enough. Maybe it has to be the “right” college.Anyway…Then you go to that college so […]
I wrote a pretty popular answer on Quora a while ago. The question was “What has been your biggest career mistake?”Writing the answer helped me reflect on my 30+ years of working. It also reminded me how fortunate I feel to be Just Rolling with It now.This post is an abbreviated version of the answer. […]