Reflections On Transitions and New Beginnings

Reflections On Transitions and New Beginnings

Our company currently has three job openings posted after some unexpected departures. Watching people leave our company is a bit like watching my oldest daughter finish high school and graduate, with the same mix of pride, joy, gratitude, sadness, and loss. There’s...
How Do You Build A Platform, Anyway?

How Do You Build A Platform, Anyway?

I’ve always bristled at the idea of a platform because the word invokes the idea of a person set-apart, on a stage — a sage with an audience of listeners, separated, even artificially. A platform is something that you earn or something that is gifted to you. You...
Why Doing ‘Hard Things’ Makes You Stronger

Why Doing ‘Hard Things’ Makes You Stronger

It doesn’t get easier, you get stronger. I’m not sure to whom this quote should be attributed; it popped up on my Instagram feed today and I instantly resonated with it. One good reason to do hard things is that by doing them, they begin to feel easier — not...