Why Life Hacks Don’t Work (and What Does)

Last week at a coaching conference one of the speakers held forth about her wildly successful book on the formation of habits, habits that, in her view, lead to success. Among other things, she proposed a model to explain why some people do what’s good for them...

What Pay What You Choose Pricing Is Teaching Me About Coaching and Business

Last month I stopped charging set fees and announced Pay What You Choose pricing. Here are some of the things I’ve learned so far. 1. You don’t have to know step three before you take step one. I have wanted to try PWYC pricing for at least two years. One...
The hardest things in life and how to make impossible decisions

The hardest things in life and how to make impossible decisions

What if you don’t have to get anything right? Just typing that question causes something in my lower back to release. I can feel my buttocks settle into the cushion on my chair as I stop working quite so hard to live up to whatever unconscious standards are...
The Value of Honest Doubt

The Value of Honest Doubt

Have you ever run yourself mentally haggard trying to convince yourself to see a spiritual truth more deeply or clearly than you actually do? It’s easy to do. After all, the fundamental principles behind the human experience are quite simple to articulate....
The startling practicality of happiness

The startling practicality of happiness

Woohoo! The first in a series of free Happiness Hangouts happens this Friday, August 8, at 9:00am Pacific Daylight Time and YOU are invited. Why? Because it happens that happiness doesn’t just feel good; it’s startlingly practical. As the name suggests,...