One Key to Lasting Success? Become a Growth Leader.

One Key to Lasting Success? Become a Growth Leader.

Gina Amaru Rudan never could have predicted what would happen to her career when she went in for what should have been routine eye surgery. First, a rare condition of temporary blindness left her in deep despair. Then, her despair turned to insight. Rudan says, “That...
How To Get Unstuck

How To Get Unstuck

Getting stuck, whether it be in my writing or my work, is an area I’d like to explore a bit more. Meaning, what are the ways that I get unstuck. It’s easy to get paralyzed — but here’s a thought: Stressing out about being stuck does not get you any closer to...
The Slow Year [My Word of the Year is…]

The Slow Year [My Word of the Year is…]

“Is next week tonight?”   Lucia asked, eager to replicate the midnight fireworks display of Christmas Eve (I told her it would again happen on New Year’s Eve — next week).   “Nope.” I said. “Tonight is tonight.”   And that’s as much of a metaphor...
Why Success Is Not a Dirty Word

Why Success Is Not a Dirty Word

A few years ago a popular blogger and friend Shauna Niequist wrote an article called Stop Instagramming Your Perfect Life. It went viral because it resonated with us all. A few weeks ago, I wrote you a newsletter entitled, Everybody’s Off Living their Perfect Life and...
A Letter to the Worst Year of My Life

A Letter to the Worst Year of My Life

There has been a theme in the last year of my life, and it has gone like this:   Character: CLAIRE Diaz-Ortiz (Type A / Planner / INFJ / Enneagram 3) with desire to do all the things in the way she wants to do them. Action: CLAIRE plans all the things. Stage...