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I’ve felt powerless in most situations for most of my life. But not in some. Here’s something I noticed: When you’re powerless, seizing power is

Hope doesn’t work as a strategy for most things in life. What if the reason things got so stuck is the continued belief that just

I’d argue that neither are a priority of our mass education system. Mentorship, skills, and meaningful philosophy to sort out the issues of people in

WOW! This blog has been out of it for a month! Here’s what happened: my site issues were caused by bloatware a previous consultant threw

Dialogue from the trenches with a junior employee: Her: Isn’t [person’s name] misspelled on that slide? If so, I’ll change it. Me: You already know

(How this started: Part 1 hard vs. soft communication) Part 2 is a guest post from Sara Shipley: When your aim is mutual value you’re

Hard and soft behavior does not equate to mean and nice It is possible to be soft yet cruel (we all know what this feels

Trying to start up by making money on other start ups is a dangerous pitfall. I think there’s ample room to make equity off of

When I feel desperate to not be desperate, I often find that it’s my comparison to others that’s driving my desperation. In reality, we’re at

We’re scheduling more and more of the Own Your Platform podcast episodes. Our favorite: take a communications challenge you had or have (e.g. upcoming presentation,