Fact: you can do your job perfectly and still come up short in the “satisfying career” category—or even the “satisfying job” category.
Why?
Because doing your job well is only 1/3 of what it takes to be successful. Doing your job is table stakes for inclusion in that cluster of people known collectively as “employed.”
Success takes something [...]
Discrimination is ugly, damaging, and not dead yet. When Elle and I sat down to do a video this weekend, I was planning on guiding the conversation toward a discussion of “turning a weakness into a strength.” Instead, I got this:
(BTW, need help talking with your child about discrimination? This booklet has a lot of [...]
When you don’t have anyone to share with, life can be harder than it needs to be.
For many of us, 2009 already made life harder than it needs to be; I was reminded many times over this past week that simply having a girl like Elle in my life makes me incredibly fortunate, and how [...]
Find a work environment that invests in practice opportunities and makes failure safe.
It’s the end of the year… time for the holidays, friends, and really uncomfortable conversations between bosses and subordinates.
To honor this awkward annual ritual, I thought I’d dust off what could be the best video Elle & I have done together: my performance review of her during her kindergarten year.
Pay attention, you may just learn [...]
I’m just hanging with Elle here… and we’re cold! It’s cold! in Chicago! Elle’s in my office with wet hair and I’m cold! just looking at her. Maybe that’s why I’m trying to warm her up the entire time during this video, the simple lesson of which is this:
Sometimes, you think you know what life [...]