WELCOME TO WISE WEDNESDAYS

It’s coming to that little turning point in the calendar. In the first half of the year, my energy felt sluggish. My actions seemed...

London, 2010. I found myself at the Oxford and Cambridge club facilitating a conversation between a neuroscientist and an entrepreneur....

Setting goals is a healthy part of translating your dreams into reality. But in today's world, there are so many "shoulds," deadlines,...

My eyes widened in expectation. The vibrant director of operations speaking with me paused and asked hesitantly: ‘Do you think I’m in a...

If you’ve been on the planet for long enough, you’ve likely experienced ‘trauma’. Trauma is the Greek word for ‘wound’. Psychologically,...

There’s no such thing as time management. It’s choice management. Along my career journey, “no” has been critical to staying on track....

My happiest accomplishment this year [#wisewednesdays] Even in hard times, there are so many things that we accomplish and can be...

The world has always been falling apart. And recreating itself again. The apparent order we experience in our lives is the result of...

It’s hard. It’s really hard. The world might be falling apart but you’re still expected to get up, answer emails and do your taxes. How...

If you’re caught up in thought loops about how to get things done and racing from one thing to the next... ...remember you might be...

Last week, I was asked how much risk to take on when stepping out of a comfort zone and shared a few thoughts online. If you’re trying...

Some of the most common questions I hear start with: ‘How do I…’ For example, ‘How do I figure out my next steps?’ It’s a tendency that...

Controlling the uncontrollable? So I don’t read the news. Never have really. I get my news through the people around me. In January...

One thing that always surprised me as a doctor and scientist was that we knew the solutions to many problems but that it took a lot of...

Sometimes, people can lash out aggressively (which may have nothing to do with you) and you need to shield yourself somehow. Below are 4...

Back to keyboard creativity after a radical reset and enthusiastically typing out some new ideas into pixels for you. Last month I...

One of the recurring questions in coaching conversations is: “What do I do when I don’t know what to do?” Let me save you time, money...

Do you think you need confidence before doing something important? Most people do. But the concept of ‘confidence’ can be so elusive...

3 big lessons I got from creating my own job. If it’s any help, here’s what I learned from creating my own job in the midst of the chaos...

And just like that, we’re already halfway through the year! It’s that time of the year when, if left unchecked, goal fatigue starts to...