Great Work is the work that matters the most to you. It comes from your unique perspective, puts you in contact with cool people doing awesome things, makes you feel alive, and leaves a legacy behind you.   Despite your deep commitment, when we sit down to actually move it forward, it can feel all too

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Amy Bermudez is a voice actor. During the COVID pandemic, she used the unprecedented upheaval to leave a job she hated, and pursue a creative career. While Amy’s new career is fascinating and her story of finding the silver lining in a moment of great turmoil is inspiring, what struck me most in our conversation

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Many of the people I work with are heart-centered helper types (a category I would put myself in, too). This commitment to helping can get a little bit tangled up with our Great Work when we realize that in order to succeed we have to ask people to pay us for that help sometimes. It

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In last week’s podcast episode, I talked about that wondrous feeling when we get a great new idea. As I mentioned in that episode, the vast majority of our Great ideas are distractions and should be told “no!” But every now and then, one of them sticks. It keeps coming around, reminding you that you:

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I started my business (somewhat unknowingly) in 2016 by doing a few workshops at the Brooklyn Brainery. A few of the attendees asked me whether I could coach them and I thought… “Sure, why not!” I coached those few clients, build a ramshackle website, and then waited. If you build it, they will come, right?

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My very first coaching client was a trained therapist who had put off taking her licensing exam for almost 10 years. She wanted to take her exam. She knew that it would open opportunities for her that she was eager to embrace. She wasn’t even nervous about learning the content! And yet, for ten years

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