How a Tech Exec Reinvented Himself into a Restaurateur
Reinvention requires we learn new skills in new domains. Often that means taking several steps back in order to leap…
Pivoting Back to My Essential Core
Inspired by my newest role models, I found myself following them too strictly. In the process, I strayed from my…
How I Overcame The Guilt of Leaving My Old Career
Before my first reinvention, I feared giving up on my career progress, experiences, and education. However, it turns out the…
How a $200K Debt Empowered Me to Learn for Fun
Going to university was very expensive. Knowing I would have to pay back the huge loans drove and empowered me…
How I Built a Nice Collection of Aging Problems
When it comes to email, I designed a system to collect and put problems on hold without solving them. In…
Where My New Ideas Come From
I started writing so that I could document and publish old ideas, however, what I discovered was that writing is…
Why You Need to Pay Yourself First Every Day
Robert Kiyosaki teaches us to pay ourselves first every paycheck by saving 10% off the top. Upon reflection, it turns…
What Success Cannot Teach Us
A line from Neil Gaiman's MasterClass helped me realize that only in failure can we learn what success fails to…
How to Attract the Opportunities You Want
Recently, I realized that doing what I love consistently and regularly over a long period of time has attracted some…
Circumstances Shape Us, For Better and For Worse
While listening to the book, Power Broker by Robert Caro, I discovered that we respond to and grow with our…
How I Make My Foresight Just as Clear as Hindsight
For many years now, I have been applying the clear lenses of hindsight to my foresight. This shift has allowed…
How I Grew My Home to 30,000 Square Feet
One an apartment tour the other day, I learned a powerful lesson from the leasing agent that helped me upgrade…
My Sneaky Limiting Beliefs to Reinvention
Reflecting on past limiting beliefs, I discovered that sometimes they come back in different forms. They are harder to recognize…
The Moment I Went From Amateur to Pro
In Atomic Habits by James Clear, he mentions the difference between an amateur and a pro. Reflecting on my last…
How Google Maps Explains Goal Clarity and Mapping
Coaching people has taught me clarity is key to goal success, however, google maps taught me how clear I really…
How I Generate My Own Motivation
Coaching over 3,000 people has taught me significant lesson - motivation isn't something we need in order to get started.…
My Daily Practice of Self-Discovery
While responding to an email I had a breakthrough about my daily writing practice. Every day, by creating space and…
Less is More When it Comes to Driving Innovation
In locked down Ireland, I learned that pandemics and restrictions can actually be the drivers of reinvention and innovation for…
Why I Want to Read 50 Books per Year
Today I thought about what I ultimately want out of my annual reading goals. I always focused on quantity of…
What Happens When We Assume a New Identity
While speaking with one of my UPenn students today, I discovered what it means to assume a new identity and…
The Case for Reading in the Morning and How to Start Right Away
After a conversation with a friend about reading in the morning, I thought about what I get from doing it…
Your Old Kindle Highlights are the Key to Your Next Breakthrough Idea
Since 2010, I have captured highlights from Kindle books I've read. I've never gone back to review them until recently.…
The Difference Between Writing & Getting Published
I used to think that being a great writer leads to becoming a best selling author. Then I realized that…
How Habit Streaks Unlock Breakthroughs
One of the most effective ways of unlocking breakthroughs in my life has been through commitment and consistency. Just about…