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Breaking Up with My 9-5

Breaking Up with My 9-5

The Dalai Lama said, “Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”When I didn’t get something I wanted, I wrote those words on an orange notecard and pinned it to my cubicle wall. I hoped to believe them, so I read it every day when I sat down...
Steadying Yourself During Moments of Change

Steadying Yourself During Moments of Change

It was the fall of 2001 in New York City: a disorienting time following the toppling of the Twin Towers. I had worked for my employer for about four years and was promoted 18 months earlier. I really enjoyed managing a small team, but I was also feeling fatigued and...
Career Advice from Your Younger (and Wiser) Self

Career Advice from Your Younger (and Wiser) Self

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” You were probably asked this question often when you were young. Maybe now that you are a grown-up, you find yourself asking kids the same thing.  We try to focus children’s attention on what they want to be when they...
Fighting the Forces That Dim Your Magic

Fighting the Forces That Dim Your Magic

The phrase “protect your magic” is spray painted in neon green on West 52nd Street in Manhattan. The inference that we need to protect our magic presupposes that we know what is magical about us—or at least that we once did—and that is a wonderful starting place....