I was 16 when I discovered that some people don’t like their work. I’m not kidding. Before that, I lived in this fantasy world that everyone loved their work, otherwise, why would they do it? We can blame my ignorance on my hippie parents who always seemed stoked about whatever work they were doing, and who were so supportive of my self-expression and my passions and interests that it never occurred to me to pursue work for any other reason than love. But when I got my first job and discovered the world of dissatisfaction and complaint amongst my co-workers,
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How Facebook Sent Me Into An Exasperated Rage. And Why I’m Not Going To Race You.
Facebook totally pissed me off today. I got a notification that suggested I watch other people’s pages. Not an offensive suggestion in and of itself, but the reason for doing it and the priority it implied made me want to slam my laptop closed and be like, ‘I’m out!’ While I’m certainly not new to Facebook, I admit to being a ‘just the basics’ kind of girl when it comes to how I prefer to engage my technology. I did wonder how ‘watching’ a page was different than ‘liking’ a page. Here’s what it said: Track the progress of 5
Fuck The Elevator Speech.
This post is for anyone whose lack of refined elevator speech inhibits them in any way whatsoever. At all. Ever. We get it. We’re supposed to be able to clearly articulate what we do in a sentence that makes us sound like a superstar so that we don’t blow a chance to get someone interested in what we do. Useful. Totally. I agree. Until the creation of said speech twists you into a contorted ball of tension and anxiety. Until the delivery this amazing, alluring, brilliant line feels so forced that you flush with embarrassment. Until the pressure to have
What Do We Need To Fearlessly Lead?
Why do we kill our leaders? The big deal messengers and revolutionaries get assassinated or crucified. We shred our men for their weaknesses and failures and shun our women for their cellulite and saddlebags. It’s no wonder that there’s a collective fear of sticking one’s neck out. It’s not a shock to me that most of us are pre-occupied with what others are going to think. When we really take a stand, use our voice and take the front line of something that matters, we open ourselves up to all sorts of scrutiny. We have an insane imagination that those who lead
Pep Talks, Risk Taking and Why We Should Take a Chance
I was looking for a job in the classifieds in the newspaper because that’s what you did back in 1998. Beaner’s Fun Cuts for Kids was looking for hair stylists. I was 17 and had spent my childhood chopping my barbie’s locks and, so far, I was the go-to-girl for hair and makeup with my girlfriends (although I royally screwed Camille’s bob, you have no idea.) I had a flicker of excitement, how cool would that be to go get a job as a hairdresser!? But I had no training or experience. About to pass over the opportunity that I
Pay Yourself First…or…Make Sweet Love to Yourself. Same Thing.
I can’t remember which business book first told me to pay myself first. It was back in the beginning of my career when I was handling the finances with the skill of a stoned teenager with her mother’s credit card. Shortly after selling my Volkswagen van, the one that was parked on a grassy knoll with my hair salon’s name painted across the side (our official sign,) in order to pay rent, I figured that something would have to change if I wanted to stay in business. Up until then, I thought we just needed to make more money to
Satisfaction with Completion: The A-Type’s Blind-Spot
There’s a massive hill in front of us and my kid gives a defeated sigh before dismounting his bike. “No way,” I say, “you’ve totally got this. Here, I’ll give you a boost.” Encouraged, he jumps back on his bike with a big old grin. Up the hill we go, his little legs pumping, my hands on his back running behind him pushing him towards the top, his training wheels rattling as though they’re going to break free. We’re both laughing and whooping and calling out encouragements. We hit the top of the hill, high five and start heading down
Your Best Work Comes From Your Natural Rhythms- Breaking And Building Habits That Work
I’ve been arguing with my accountant for years now about the legitimacy of writing off my yoga membership as professional development. I might just do a teacher’s training so that I can finally claim this one since a consistent practice, (and one that’s supported with teachers and community,) is instrumental for my capacity to do my work. The kind of presence and awareness needed, to be able to meet, hold and work with a client in a way that deeply serves them, isn’t simply drawn upon from nothing, nor can it be cranked through. I need to be deeply engaged
YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE AND THE COMMON THREAD THAT WEAVES IT.
This here is a tale of how purpose unfolds, is built or created through ongoing twists and tweaks and acute listening to what makes us come alive. I started a hair salon despite my general loathing of the beauty industry. In part my motivation was rebellion. I wanted to bring depth and community to the salon experience and to people’s relationship to their own aesthetic expression. Beauty, as an industry, is so horrifically superficial and while many may retort with ‘duh, it’s the beauty industry, that’s what it’s all about’, I call bullshit. Beauty is anything but superficial. Beauty is
Everyone’s busy- How to create inner space when life is crammed
I’m going to throw out a ridiculous question here and ask if you’ve ever struggled with having too many things to do and not enough time to do it? Obviously. That’s how things are these days, a month’s worth of ideas packed into an afternoon’s schedule only to be half-completed through at frantic speed or trudged through with that nagging feeling that we’re just getting further behind. Toss some unpredictable life stress in there like a displeased client, project deadlines missed by others, a pissed partner that seems to come out of nowhere, tax season, or your children just being
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