Aug 17
Worth Exists Before Proof
Value is inherent, quiet, and often invisible. It exists before labor, before recognition, before exchange. My core coaching principle gets its canonical page.
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Professional Transitions
There's a moment when your title no longer fits: when the role you built starts to feel like a container you've outgrown. These posts are for leaders navigating that threshold: leaving what worked, reinventing without abandoning yourself, and building what's next. Whether you're considering a pivot, returning after a pause, or sensing it's time for something new, this is about crossing with clarity instead of chaos.
Aug 06
Whose Beliefs Are Running Your Week?
You can update what you believe and leave every downstream behavior exactly where it was. That gap explains a very specific kind of tired.
7 min read
Jul 31
How to Author the Rules You Live By
Every rule we examined this month was invented by someone for a narrow reason. Here is the repeatable loop for authoring the rules you actually live by.
6 min read
Jul 29
Your First Year Going Fractional
The first year of independent work brings uncapped income, a lumpy cash flow, and the benefits your employer used to handle. Here is how to plan for it.
5 min read
Jul 27
The Two Weeks' Notice Nobody Requires
No US law requires two weeks notice, and your employer can let you go same-day. Give notice as a deliberate gift, from integrity rather than fear.
5 min read
Jul 20
How to Price Yourself as a Consultant
Most new consultants price from their old salary, capping themselves at a number a former employer chose. Here is how to price from the value you create.
5 min read
Jul 10
Golden Handcuffs: Why Leaving a Job Costs So Much
Your health insurance is tied to your job because of a 1942 wage freeze. The cuffs that make leaving costly are policy accidents. Pick the lock.
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Jul 06
The Rules You Never Chose: Who Made Them Up
Most rules you live by, from the five-day week to retirement at 65, were invented by one person for a narrow reason. Here is how to audit yours.
7 min read
Jun 01
Professional Identity Purgatory Has a Name Now
The in-between finally has a name. The naming is useful. What it misses is that this is a threshold, and your body reached its verdict long before you were willing to say it out loud.
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May 27
Evolving Forward: Why Most People Come Out of Change Smaller, Not Bigger
Most people come out of change smaller than they went in. The uncertainty pressure makes them diminish their talents to cope.
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May 25
Growth Is Cyclical: Why the Decisions That Formed You Will Return
The freedom we have was paid for by people who never met us. The way to honor it isn't to repeat their sacrifice. It's to use it forward.
5 min read
May 15
Your Job Title Is a Borrowed Identity (And It's Going to Cost You)
Your job title is a borrowed identity. And like everything borrowed, it's eventually going to be returned, with consequences.
6 min read